Cardio-metabolic risk factors and prehypertension in persons without diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease

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Chiang, Peggy P. C. ; Lamoureux, Ecosse L. ; Shankar, Anoop ; Tai, E. Shyong ; Wong, Tien Y. ; Sabanayagam, Charumathi

关键词: Prehypertension;    Metabolic syndrome;    Indian;    Cardiometabolic;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-13-730

学科分类：内分泌与代谢学

【 摘 要 】

Background: Prehypertension has been shown to be an early risk factor of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We investigated the prevalence and pattern of cardiometabolic risk factors in prehypertension in three ethnic Asian populations in Singapore. Methods: W