Metabolic syndrome and incident diabetes: current state of the evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our objective was to perform a quantitative review of prospective studies examining the association between the metabolic syndrome and incident diabetes.

Research design and methods

Using the title terms "diabetes" and "metabolic syndrome" in PubMed, we searched for articles published since 1998.

Results

Based on the results from 16 cohorts, we performed a meta-analysis of estimates of relative risk (RR) and incident diabetes. The random-effects summary RRs were 5.17 (95% CI 3.99-6.69) for the 1999 World Health Organization definition (ten cohorts); 4.45 (2.41-8.22) for the 1999 European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance definition (four cohorts); 3.53 (2.84-4.39) for the 2001 National Cholesterol Education Program definition (thirteen cohorts); 5.12

SUBMITTER: Ford ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2518368 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature