We shouldn't be diagnosing people with the 'metabolic syndrome.' Doing so misleads the patient into believing he or she has a unique disease. What they really have are well-known cardiovascular risk factors. The combination of risk factors does not add up to a more significant or higher cardiovascular risk than the individual components,

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