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Increased Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Young Adults With Metabolic Syndrome

The Bogalusa Heart Study

Wendy S. Tzou, MD^_*, Pamela S. Douglas, MD, FACC, Sathanur R. Srinivasan, PhD, M. Gene Bond, PhD, Rong Tang, MD, MS, Wei Chen, MD, PhD, Gerald S. Berenson, MD, FACC and James H. Stein, MD, FACC^_*,_*

^_* Atherosclerosis Imaging Research Program, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health and Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Division of Vascular Ultrasound Research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Effect of the number of components of metabolic syndrome* on composite carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT). *National Cholesterol Education Program definition.