In the Botnia study the MetS by WHO definition in patients with T2DM did not increase the AVD mortality (RR 1.15 CI 0.68–1.94), while some of its individual components such as hypertension and albuminuria were highly significant predictors of cardiovascular events.
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Impact of the individual components of the metabolic syndrome and their different combinations on the prevalence of atherosclerotic vascular disease in type 2 diabetes: the Diabetes in Germany (DIG) study.
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