Predicting the natural history of metabolic syndrome with a Markov-system dynamic model: a novel approach.

In the case of composite states, the predictions showed that except for “obesity + hypertension” and “obesity & hyperglycemia” which would have a decreasing or a constant trend of transition towards MetS, other states would all first have an increasing trend for 6 years and then would flat-out.

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