Clinical characteristics of metabolic syndrome in Korea, and its comparison with other Asian countries.

J Diabetes Investig · 2015 · PMC4578487 · PMID 26417407

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More than 40 million adult Americans are affected by metabolic syndrome 4 , and an increasing trend has been observed in Asian countries 5 , 6 .

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