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Prognostic value of the metabolic syndrome in essential hypertension

Giuseppe Schillaci, MD^*,*, Matteo Pirro, MD^*, Gaetano Vaudo, MD^*, Fabio Gemelli, MD^*, Simona Marchesi, MD^*, Carlo Porcellati, MD and Elmo Mannarino, MD^*

^* Unit of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Arteriosclerosis, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Department of Cardiology, Perugia General Hospital, Perugia, Italy

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Cardiovascular (CV) event rate among 1,742 hypertensive patients grouped by number of characteristics of the metabolic syndrome. See text for details.

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Cardiovascular event-free survival curves in hypertensive patients with (thick line) or without (thin line) the metabolic syndrome.