The Metabolic Syndrome Real or Myth

Marsh Rw

doi:10.16966/2379-769x.160

Abstract

The Metabolic Syndrome Real or Myth

Highlights

Assumptions underlying the concept of the Metabolic Syndrome (MS) are implicit rather than explicit
This does not include glucose levels so I could use up to 4 features only. It has the advantage of noting an outcome of Myocardial Infarct (MI) followed for over 30 years, which allows verification of the results
The discriminant function technique (SPSS v.26) was used. False positives are those cases misclassified as associated with MI when they are not and false negatives are the misclassification as not associated with MI when, they are

Summary

Introduction

Assumptions underlying the concept of the Metabolic Syndrome (MS) are implicit rather than explicit. Reginald Walter Marsh* Professor, Waikato Clinical School, Auckland University, New Zealand *Corresponding author: Reginald Walter Marsh, Professor, Waikato Clinical School, Auckland University, 480c Devonport Road, Tauranga South 3112, New Zealand, Tel: +64 7 5716735; E-mail: marshrw@hotmail.com Categorization of patients into have and don’t have MS groups is based on five features, any combination of three or more may be used to determine which category they belong to.

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