… We found there is a high prevalence of metabolic syndrome and clusters of its components
in older adults. It is important to deepen studies on this matter, considering clinical aspects in …

Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been shown to be associated with depression
in older adults but the results are mixed. We summarized and evaluated the association …

… The metabolic syndrome was described in some detail more than 200 years ago … metabolism
to the syndrome occurred in the 1920s. In 1977, Haller coined the term metabolic syndrome…

… metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) predicts a higher risk for cardiovascular events in older
adults… Metabolic syndrome was associated with worse outcomes in all four racial and gender-…

… We reviewed the literature concerning the prevalence and correlates of metabolic syndrome
(MetS) in older … The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in an elderly population varied …

… study confirms the high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in an older population (39%).
The scientific concept of the metabolic syndrome remains controversial, because studies have …

… of the prevalence and incidence of metabolic syndrome in a large cohort of older adults. …
studies in older adults are needed to confirm our findings, and prospective population-based …

… This lack of a predictive value in an older population might be explained by the fact that the
currently available definitions of the metabolic syndrome do not consider the effect of aging …

… to individual metabolic syndrome criteria among 4258 older adults. Each criterion is evaluated
in sex-specific quintiles adjusted for age, each of the other metabolic syndrome criteria, …

… The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is more strongly associated with cognitive impairment in the
… The metabolic syndrome is associated with decelerated cognitive decline in the oldest old. …