The metabolic syndrome in middle‐aged men according to different definitions and related changes in carotid artery intima‐media thickness (IMT) during 3 years of follow‐up

Abstract

More than 10% of the men had the MetS both at baseline and after 3 years, and this was associated with an increase in IMT using the WHO definition. Several of the components included in the MetS deteriorated during follow-up, i.e. body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist circumference, blood glucose and blood pressure.