Is the Metabolic Syndrome a Discrete Diagnostic Category or the End ofÂ aÂ Continuum? Taxometric Evidence for Dimensionality in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6148652	Annals of Epidemiology	2009	5 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The results indicate that the metabolic syndrome is continuously distributed in nature, rather than a discrete diagnostic category.

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