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Incidence of new-onset diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in patients with recent myocardial infarction and the effect of clinical and lifestyle risk factors.

Lancet 2007;370:667-75

Association between C-reactive protein level and peripheral arterial disease among US adults without cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or hypertension.

Am Heart J 2007;154:495-501

Postprandial hyperglycemia/hyperlipidemia (postprandial dysmetabolism) is a cardiovascular risk factor.

Am J Cardiol 2007;100:835-9

Metabolic syndrome components in african-americans and European-american patients and its relation to coronary artery disease.

Am J Cardiol 2007;100: 830-4

Ten-year cardiovascular disease risk of metabolic syndrome without central obesity in middle-aged chinese.

Am J Cardiol 2007;100:835-9

Multimarker approach to evaluate the incidence of the metabolic syndrome and longitudinal changes in metabolic risk factors: the Framingham Offspring Study.

Circulation 2007;116:984-99

Metabolic syndrome increases operative mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.

J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;50:843-51

Does using ethnic specific criteria improve the usefulness of the term metabolic syndrome? Controversies and suggestions.

Int J Obes 2007;31:1340-9

Physical activity and public health: updated recommendation for adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association.

Circulation 2007;116:1081-93

Links between hypertension and cardiovascular disease in insulin resistance and obesity

Changes in blood pressure with age

Post-AHA 2006: An Expert Look (Part 1)