Invited commentary: insulin resistance syndrome? Syndrome X? Multiple metabolic syndrome? A syndrome at all? Factor analysis reveals patterns in the fabric of correlated metabolic risk factors.

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Summary

Factor analysis of data on 322 healthy elderly people from the Cardiovascular Health Study confirmed findings from a dozen prior studies that as many as four distinct physiologic domains comprise the syndrome, with a unifying role for markers of insulin resistance.

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review
Published
2000-11-15
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Keywords

Insulin resistance, Metabolic syndrome, Medicine, Risk factor, Inflammation

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