Does the Metabolic Syndrome Exist

Akey question in the debate concerning the metabolic syndrome (1,2) is whether the risk accompanying it is more than the sum of its parts. Grundy (1) asserts that “risk factors are multiplicative, i.e., risk for ASCVD [atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease] from risk factors rises geometrically, not linearly, as the number of risk factors increases. Therefore, total …