The metabolic syndrome: time for a critical appraisal: joint statement from the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes: response to Kahn et al.

We have known for years that major cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, and dyslipidemia tend to cluster. One of the names associated with that clustering—the metabolic syndrome—has recently become popular. The fine epidemiologic review by Kahn et al. …