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

Patients with hypertension and manifest vascular disease are at high risk for recurrent cardiovascular diseases. It is unknown if the metabolic syndrome further increases the risk in these patients. This study aims to quantify the effect of metabolic syndrome and type II diabetes on cardiovascular e...

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Published in:	Journal of human hypertension Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 358 - 365
Main Authors:	Vlek, A L M, van der Graaf, Y, Spiering, W, Visseren, F L J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2008 Nature Publishing Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Antihypertensive agents Aortic aneurysms Arterial hypertension. Arterial hypotension Biological and medical sciences Blood and lymphatic vessels Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology Cardiovascular system Cerebral infarction Cerebrovascular diseases Complications and side effects Coronary artery disease Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology Diuretics Epidemiology Female Follow-Up Studies Health Administration Heart attacks Heart diseases Humans Hypertension Hypertension - complications Hypertension - epidemiology Incidence Insulin Insulin resistance Male Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Metabolic syndrome Metabolic Syndrome - complications Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology Metabolic syndrome X Middle Aged Myocardial infarction Netherlands - epidemiology original-article Patients Pharmacology. Drug treatments Physical activity Proportional Hazards Models Prospective Studies Public Health Recurrence Risk factors Risk groups Stroke Survival Rate Vascular diseases Netherlands metabolic syndrome diabetes mellitus type II epidemiology cardiovascular diseases Endocrinopathy Type 2 diabetes Human Hypertension Metabolic diseases Cardiovascular disease Epidemiology
ISSN:	0950-9240, 1476-5527
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