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Figure 5 Diabetes-free survival curves according to the number of diagnostic components of the metabolic syndrome (METS): three components (bottom black line), four components (middle black line), and five components (top black line). Three METS components: relative risk 1.00 (reference category); four METS components: relative risk 1.60, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.32 to 1.93, p < 0.0001; five METS components: relative risk 3.73, 95% CI 2.58 to 5.39, p < 0.0001. Methods as in Figure 1.
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