Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in drug‐treated hypertensive patients and control subjects

Objectives. To determine the prevalence of the metabolic abnormalities associated with hypertension and to define the predictors of the metabolic syndrome by different definitions in random population‐based samples. Design. A cross‐sectional epidemiological study of hypertensive patients and controls. Setting. The participating study subjects visited the research laboratory of the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu,...