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Juan F Ascaso
COSMIC project: consensus on the objectives of the metabolic syndrome in clinic
Juan Pedro-Botet,1 Juan F Ascaso,2,3 Vivencio Barrios,4,5 Alejandro De la Sierra,6 Javier Escalada,7,8 Jesús Millán,9 Jose M Mostaza,10 Pablo Pérez-Martínez,8,11 Xavier Pintó,8,12 Jordi Salas-Salvadó,8,13 Pedro Valdivielso14 1Lipids and Vascular Risk Unit, Hospital del Mar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 2Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, Hospital Clínico, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; 3INCLIVA Research Institute, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Ciber (Networked Biomedical Research Centres – CIBERDEM), Carlos III, Valencia, Spain; 4Cardiology Service, Hospit…
Lipid profile, cardiovascular disease and mortality in a Mediterranean high-risk population: The ESCARVAL-RISK study
Introduction The potential impact of targeting different components of an adverse lipid profile in populations with multiple cardiovascular risk factors is not completely clear. This study aims to assess the association between different components of the standard lipid profile with all-cause mortality and hospitalization due to cardiovascular events in a high-risk population. Methods This prospective registry included high risk adults over 30 years old free of cardiovascular disease (2008–2012). Diagnosis of hypertension, dyslipidemia or diabetes mellitus was inclusion criterion. Lipid biomarkers were evaluated. Primary endpoints were all-cause mortality and hospital admission due to coron…