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.

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Figure 1 Effect of the number of components of metabolic syndrome* on composite carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT). *National Cholesterol Education Program definition.
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