At old age (age 77 and 82), the strength of most individual risk factors has declined, but in the elderly LDL-cholesterol, not included in MetS, is the major risk factor for myocardial infarction, while the MetS variables blood pressure, glucose and HDL-cholesterol were of borderline significance.
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A longitudinal study over 40 years to study the metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases.
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