The authors just considered the number of risk factors, whereas the severity of each factor
was not evaluated. Blood pressure, plasma glucose, and lipids are continuous, not discreet,
variables that exert a dose-dependent effect on cardiovascular risk. 2 It would be of interest
to see the results of the analysis conducted considering these parameters, which also would
help to clarify the still controversial association of the metabolic syndrome and mortality after
myocardial infarction (MI). 3 It also would be interesting to know if the inverse correlation is …