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The quoted passage directly reports 8,231 complete cases in a post hoc STEP analysis and an age-, sex-, and ethnicity-specific metabolic-syndrome scoring model. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Metabolic syndrome severity and the effects of intensive blood pressure lowering: Results from the STEP randomized trial · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:63daf64a2c4067173c1f476ab7ba0dbd29fbee62b08669af947626946a0cd3d6

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This post hoc analysis of the STEP trial included 8231 participants with complete MetS severity data. Baseline MetS severity was quantified using an age-, sex-, and ethnicity-specific MetS scoring model and analyzed as tertiles and continuously. The primary outcome was a composite of stroke, acute coronary syndrome, acute decompensated heart failure, coronary revascularization, atrial fibrillation, and cardiovascular death.

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