Metabolic syndrome in a Taiwanese metropolitan adult population.

BMC Public Health · 2007 · PMC2048951 · PMID 17850675

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an increasing trendno p-value reported

Another alternative explanation is that there exists an increasing trend in the prevalence of MetS due to the adoption of a modernized life style.

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a slightly increasing trendno p-value reported

When we compared our estimates of age-specific prevalence with theirs, we still observed a slightly increasing trend, indicating the prevalence of this syndrome is still rising.

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