The mediating role of metabolic syndrome in cardiovascular diseases

• Main Authors: Noryanti, Muhammad, Sajid, Mirza Rizwan, Roslinazairimah, Zakaria, Ahmad, Shahbaz
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: AIP Publishing 2019
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine; RD Surgery
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24712/1/49.1%20The%20mediating%20role%20of%20metabolic%20syndrome%20in%20cardiovascular%20diseases.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24712/; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5121125
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a group of heart diseases which is globally considered as a leading cause of mortality and an ultimately huge burden to the economies. In this paper, we propose a new role of the metabolic syndrome (MS) as a mediator of the relationship of CVDs and its socio-demogr...