Pre-morbid intelligence, the metabolic syndrome and mortality

Pre-morbid intelligence, the metabolic syndrome and mortality: the Vietnam Experience Study

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G D Batty
C R Gale
Mortensen, Laust Hvas
C Langenberg
M J Shipley
I J Deary

We examined the relationship between pre-morbid intelligence quotient (IQ) and the metabolic syndrome, and assessed the role of the metabolic syndrome as a mediating factor in the association of IQ with total and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality.

Original language	English
Journal	Diabetologia
Volume	51
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	436-43
Number of pages	8
ISSN	0012-186X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-007-0908-5
Publication status	Published - Mar 2008

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Adolescent, Adult, Cardiovascular Diseases, Great Britain, Humans, Intelligence, Interviews as Topic, Metabolic Syndrome X, Military Personnel, Retrospective Studies, Vietnam Conflict

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