Abstract
We studied 173 patients with the metabolic syndrome (MS), mean age of 60 years. These patients were compared with 600 nondiabetic patients. Fifty-seven percent were males and 43% were females. The mean blood glucose in the MS group was 169 mg%; 97% were diabetic type 2, whereas 3% were diabetic type 1. Mean body mass was 30 kg/m2. The lipid profile of the MS group was normal, including total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, and triglycerides. No significant coronary disease or evidence of strokes was found among the patients studied. The ejection fraction was subnormal when compared with the control group (50 ± 8% vs 62 ± 12%, respectively, p
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