Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Conclusion: having 46.3% of those investigated with the Metabolic Syndrome, special attention should be paid to women and overweight individuals, since in addition to presenting significantly higher percentages of Metabolic Syndrome, they have also presented changes in the main components.
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