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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-2-5
pubmed:abstractText
The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors (central obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, disturbance in glucose metabolism) associated with insulin-resistance. The cluster of risk factors defining the metabolic syndrome increases cardiovascular risk more than each single component. The aim of the present longitudinal study was to evaluate the relationship between weight loss and changes in insulin-resistance and in the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome 1-year after SAGB implantation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0960-8923
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
841-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Weight loss after Swedish Adjustable Gastric Banding: relationships to insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Internal Medicine Unit, IRCCS Maugeri Foundation Hospital, Via Ferrata 8, 27100 Pavia, Italy. cgazzaruso@fsm.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article