The Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk

Summary of the Second Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel II)

1993 • 28,274 citations

Executive Summary of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)

2001 • 24,089 citations

Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome

2009 • 12,951 citations

Role of Insulin Resistance in Human Disease

1988 • 12,099 citations

Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among US Adults

2002 • 6,823 citations

Definition of Metabolic Syndrome

2004 • 5,872 citations

The Metabolic Syndrome and Total and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Middle-aged Men

2002 • 5,087 citations

Effects of Conjugated Equine Estrogen in Postmenopausal Women With Hysterectomy

2004 • 4,391 citations

Banting lecture 1988. Role of insulin resistance in human disease

1988 • 3,751 citations

The Metabolic Syndrome: Time for a Critical Appraisal

2005 • 2,414 citations

Plasma Triglyceride Level is a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease Independent of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Level: A Metaanalysis of Population-Based Prospective Studies

1996 • 2,037 citations

Estrogen plus Progestin and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

2003 • 1,998 citations

Metabolic Syndrome as a Precursor of Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

2005 • 1,964 citations

Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Events and Death

2007 • 1,846 citations

Impact of the Metabolic Syndrome on Mortality From Coronary Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, and All Causes in United States Adults

2004 • 1,766 citations

Plasma triglyceride level is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease independent of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level: a meta-analysis of population-based prospective studies

1996 • 1,658 citations

Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Meta-Analysis

2006 • 1,167 citations

The Metabolic Syndrome and 11-Year Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

2005 • 1,067 citations

Insulin resistance and hypersecretion in obesity. European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance (EGIR).

1997 • 877 citations

A New International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Worldwide Definition of the Metabolic Syndrome: the Rationale and the Results

2005 • 864 citations

How Quickly Do Systematic Reviews Go Out of Date? A Survival Analysis

2007 • 729 citations

National Cholesterol Education Program Versus World Health Organization Metabolic Syndrome in Relation to All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in the San Antonio Heart Study

2004 • 669 citations

Metabolic Syndrome vs Framingham Risk Score for Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

2005 • 668 citations

Metabolic Syndrome: A Multiplex Cardiovascular Risk Factor

2007 • 649 citations

Metabolic Syndrome and 10-Year Cardiovascular Disease Risk in the Hoorn Study

2005 • 621 citations

Conjugated Equine Estrogens and Coronary Heart Disease

2006 • 602 citations

The metabolic syndrome and risk of major coronary events in the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S) and the Air Force/Texas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study (AFCAPS/TexCAPS)

2004 • 543 citations

Development and validation of MIX: comprehensive free software for meta-analysis of causal research data

2006 • 532 citations

Can metabolic syndrome usefully predict cardiovascular disease and diabetes? Outcome data from two prospective studies

2008 • 484 citations

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease: A Premature Association?

2003 • 463 citations

Insulin Resistance, the Metabolic Syndrome, and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Nondiabetic American Indians

2003 • 437 citations

Low-Density Lipoprotein Particle Concentration and Size as Determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy as Predictors of Cardiovascular Disease in Women

2002 • 408 citations

Clinical value of the metabolic syndrome for long term prediction of total and cardiovascular mortality: prospective, population based cohort study

2006 • 381 citations

Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, and Mortality

2005 • 379 citations

Prognostic value of the metabolic syndrome in essential hypertension

2004 • 355 citations

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Increases the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women With a Family History of Type 2 Diabetes

2006 • 339 citations

The Metabolic Syndrome, Circulating Oxidized LDL, and Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Well-Functioning Elderly People in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Cohort

2004 • 318 citations

The metabolic syndrome predicts cardiovascular mortality: a 13-year follow-up study in elderly non-diabetic Finns

2007 • 314 citations

The Importance of Waist Circumference in the Definition of Metabolic Syndrome

2006 • 265 citations

Impact of Insulin Resistance on Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in People With Metabolic Syndrome

2007 • 263 citations

Insulin Resistance, the Metabolic Syndrome, and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease

2007 • 260 citations

Metabolic Syndrome and Ischemic Stroke Risk

2007 • 254 citations

Metabolic Syndrome in the Pressioni Arteriose Monitorate E Loro Associazioni (PAMELA) Study

2006 • 252 citations

Metabolic Syndrome Modifies the Cardiovascular Risk Associated With Angiographic Coronary Artery Disease in Women

2004 • 245 citations

Metabolic Syndrome and the Risk of Stroke in Middle-Aged Men

2006 • 214 citations

The metabolic syndrome and incidence of cardiovascular disease in non‐diabetic subjects—a population‐based study comparing three different definitions

2007 • 203 citations

Metabolic Syndrome and the Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke Among Japanese Men and Women

2007 • 200 citations

Metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in HIV infection

2007 • 198 citations

Metabolic Syndrome and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults

2006 • 195 citations

Impact of Metabolic Syndrome on the Development of Cardiovascular Disease in a General Japanese Population

2007 • 190 citations

Association between menopause status and central adiposity measured at different cutoffs of waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio

2006 • 183 citations

Depression, the Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk

2007 • 180 citations

Relation Between the Metabolic Syndrome and Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack

2005 • 172 citations

Ten-year risk of cardiovascular incidence related to diabetes, prediabetes, and the metabolic syndrome

2007 • 172 citations

Metabolic Syndrome and Mortality in Older Adults

2008 • 165 citations

Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiac Disease in Japanese Men: Applicability of the Concept of Metabolic Syndrome Defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III to Japanese Men-The Tanno and Sobetsu Study

2005 • 164 citations

Influence of Metabolic Syndrome and General Obesity on the Risk of Ischemic Stroke

2006 • 163 citations

Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Cardiovascular Events After Myocardial Infarction

2005 • 155 citations

Waist Circumference, Visceral Obesity, and Cardiovascular Risk

2003 • 153 citations

The Metabolic Syndrome, Its Component Risk Factors, and Progression of Coronary Atherosclerosis

2010 • 144 citations

Prevalence and Prognostic Impact of Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in Individuals With the Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes

2007 • 117 citations

Comparison of Usefulness of Body Mass Index Versus Metabolic Risk Factors in Predicting 10-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Women

2007 • 112 citations

Serum apolipoprotein B predicts dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome and, in women, hypertension and diabetes, independent of markers of central obesity and inflammation

2007 • 111 citations

All-Cause Mortality Associated With Specific Combinations of the Metabolic Syndrome According to Recent Definitions

2007 • 111 citations

Metabolic Syndrome as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease, Mortality, and Progression of Diabetic Nephropathy in Type 1 Diabetes

2009 • 109 citations

Impact of metabolic syndrome criteria on cardiovascular disease risk in people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes

2005 • 108 citations

The Metabolic Syndrome: Concepts and Controversy

2006 • 107 citations

Metabolic Syndrome Clusters and the Risk of Incident Stroke

2008 • 105 citations

Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease in an Elderly Caucasian Cohort: The Italian Longitudinal Study on Aging

2006 • 100 citations

Metabolic syndrome, its preeminent clusters, incident coronary heart disease and all‐cause mortality – results of prospective analysis for the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study

2007 • 95 citations

Diabetes Mellitus, Preexisting Coronary Heart Disease, and the Risk of Subsequent Coronary Heart Disease Events in Patients Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus

2009 • 95 citations

Impact of Metabolic Syndrome Components on the Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease in a General Urban Japanese Population: The Suita Study

2008 • 95 citations

Metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for coronary heart disease and stroke: An 11-year prospective cohort in Taiwan community

2006 • 92 citations

The Metabolic Syndrome Predicts Incident Stroke

2008 • 92 citations

Metabolic syndrome increases all‐cause and vascular mortality: the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Study

2007 • 91 citations

Metabolic syndrome and the risk of new vascular events and all-cause mortality in patients with coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease or abdominal aortic aneurysm

2007 • 90 citations

Cardiovascular Death and the Metabolic Syndrome

2006 • 82 citations

Metabolic Syndrome and All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Japan Public Health Center-Based Prospective (JPHC) Study

2009 • 79 citations

All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality Using the Different Definitions of Metabolic Syndrome

2008 • 76 citations

The metabolic syndrome and its components and the long-term risk of death in patients with coronary heart disease

2006 • 74 citations

Metabolic Syndrome and All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in an Italian Elderly Population

2008 • 66 citations

The metabolic syndrome predicts cardiovascular events in subjects with normal fasting glucose: Results of a 15 years follow-up in a Mediterranean population

2007 • 59 citations

Metabolic syndrome as a predictor of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes in Koreans

2009 • 56 citations

Metabolic syndrome, haemostatic and inflammatory markers, cerebrovascular and peripheral arterial disease: The Edinburgh Artery Study

2008 • 54 citations

Metabolic Syndrome and Incident Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in a Mediterranean Hypertensive Population

2007 • 54 citations

Impact of Metabolic Syndrome on the Long-Term Survival of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Potential Association With C-Reactive Protein

2008 • 53 citations

Prognostic Value of the Metabolic Syndrome for Long-Term Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

2006 • 53 citations

Clusters of metabolic risk factors predict cardiovascular events in hypertension with target-organ damage: the LIFE study

2007 • 52 citations

Metabolic syndrome and risk of mortality in middle-aged versus elderly individuals: the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT)

2009 • 52 citations

Metabolic Syndrome Predicts 10-Year Mortality in Non-Diabetic Patients Following Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

2008 • 52 citations

Comparison of Definitions of Metabolic Syndrome in Relation to the Risk of Developing Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease in Finnish and Swedish Cohorts

2008 • 46 citations

Prevalence and prognostic implications of the metabolic syndrome in community-based patients with type 1 diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study

2007 • 46 citations

Metabolic syndrome and coronary angiographic disease progression: the Women’s Angiographic Vitamin & Estrogen trial

2003 • 45 citations

Metabolic Syndrome Increases the Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Women

2007 • 45 citations

Assessing the prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome according to NCEP ATP III in Germany: feasibility and quality aspects of a two step approach in 1550 randomly selected primary health care practices.

2006 • 43 citations

Impact of the Metabolic Syndrome on the Clinical Outcomes of Non-Clinically Diagnosed Diabetic Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome

2007 • 41 citations

The Metabolic Syndrome and the Impact of Diabetes on Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in Women and Men: The San Antonio Heart Study

2007 • 38 citations

All‐cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Increased With Metabolic Syndrome in Taiwanese

2008 • 37 citations

Clinical Impact of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Additive Effect With Smoking on Subsequent Cardiac Events After Acute Myocardial Infarction

2007 • 33 citations

Increased Mortality Associated With the Metabolic Syndrome in Older Women With Diabetes

2005 • 32 citations

Impact of Metabolic Syndrome on Atherosclerotic Burden and Cardiovascular Prognosis

2007 • 31 citations

The metabolic syndrome and mortality: the Singapore Cardiovascular Cohort Study

2008 • 31 citations

A Comparison Of Components of Two Definitions of the Metabolic Syndrome Related to Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality in a Cohort Study in Thailand

2007 • 29 citations

Clinical significance of the metabolic syndrome in the absence of established hypertension and diabetes: A community-based study

2007 • 28 citations

The metabolic syndrome increases cardiovascular mortality in Taiwanese elderly

2008 • 28 citations

Impact of Metabolic Syndrome among Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus on Long-Term Outcomes after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

2008 • 27 citations

Does a diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome provide additional prediction of cardiovascular disease and total mortality in the elderly? The Dubbo Study

2007 • 27 citations

Does diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome detect further men at high risk of cardiovascular death beyond those identified by a conventional cardiovascular risk score? The DECODE Study: The Diabetes Epidemiology: Collaborative analysis Of Diagnostic Criteria in Europe (DECODE) Study Group

2007 • 27 citations

Impact of Weight-Loss Medications on the Cardiovascular System

2007 • 26 citations

The metabolic syndrome: similar deleterious impact on all-cause mortality in hypertensive and normotensive subjects

2008 • 23 citations

Long-term rates of cardiovascular events in patients with the metabolic syndrome according to severity of coronary-angiographic alterations

2008 • 21 citations

Effect of metabolic syndrome or type II diabetes mellitus on the occurrence of recurrent vascular events in hypertensive patients

2008 • 21 citations

Impact of metabolic syndrome on the outcome of patients with stable coronary artery disease: 2-year follow-up of the MASS II study

2008 • 19 citations

Assessing the prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome according to NCEP ATP III in Germany: feasibility and quality aspects of a two step approach in 1550 randomly selected primary health care practices

2006 • 17 citations

Metabolic Syndrome Mortality in a Population-Based Cohort Study: Jichi Medical School (JMS) Cohort Study

2007 • 16 citations

Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Mortality in Older Type 2 Diabetic Patients: A Longitudinal Study

2008 • 11 citations

Metabolic syndrome is associated with severe coronary artery disease and poor cardiac outcome in end-stage renal disease patients with acute coronary syndrome

2006 • 7 citations

Lack of Synergistic Effects of Metabolic Syndrome and Plasma Fibrinogen on Coronary Events and Mortality in Moderate CKD

2007 • 7 citations

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1955 • 0 citations