Increased serum YKL-40 level is associated with the presence and severity of metabolic syndrome.

Anatol J Cardiol · 2016 · PMC5324916 · PMID 27443476

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However, because of other possible strong predictors for the presence of MS like YKL-40, hs-CRP did not reach statistical significance to predict the presence of MS.

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