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White Coat Hypertension May be an Initial Sign of the Metabolic Syndrome
Aim: to understand the role and significance of WCH in definition of the metabolic syndrome. Methods: the study was performed in the Internal Medicine Polyclinic of the Dumlupinar University between August 2005 and March 2007. We took consecutive patients at and above the age of 20 years. Their medical histories including smoking habit, DM, dyslipidemia, and already used medications were learnt, and a routine check up procedure including fasting plasma glucose (FPG), triglyceride (TG), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and an electrocardiography .was performed. Comparison of proportions was used as the method of statistical analysis.
Results: the stud;"'tncluded 1,068 cas es. Prevalences of excess weight increased from the third (28.7%) up to the seventh decades (87.0%), gradually (p
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