Harmonizing the metabolic syndrome: a joint interim statement of the International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation; International Atherosclerosis Society; and International Association for the Study of Obesity.

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Published in Circulation on October 05, 2009

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K G M M Alberti, Robert H Eckel, Scott M Grundy, Paul Z Zimmet, James I Cleeman, Karen A Donato, Jean-Charles Fruchart, W Philip T James, Catherine M Loria, Sidney C Smith, International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention, Hational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, American Heart Association, World Heart Federation, International Atherosclerosis Society, International Association for the Study of Obesity

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