Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Association with Sociodemographic Characteristics in Participants of a Public Chronic Disease Control Program in Medellin, Colombia, in 2018.
Luis Felipe Higuita-GutiérrezWilson de Jesús Martínez QuirozJaiberth Antonio Cardona-AriasPublished in: Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy (2020)
A high prevalence of the syndrome and its constitutive factors in the study population demonstrated the importance of controlling it and increasing community-based prevention strategies, prioritizing the identified groups that are at the highest risk.