Nearly 90% percent of Americans are at risk for this condition - and you’ve probably never heard of it
- Some 90 percent of Americans have at least one risk factor for cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic – or CKM – syndrome, a term for potentially life-threatening conditions that are all connected.
- Now, experts at the American Heart Association say more of the country should be screened for one particular risk factor in the first-ever clinical guidelines for the syndrome.
- Excess body fat is a key driver for all of the conditions that make up CKM syndrome: obesity, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease and Type 2 diabetes, all of which are responsible for the deaths of millions of Americans each year.
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- Some 90 percent of Americans have at least one risk factor for cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic – or CKM – syndrome, a term for potentially life-threatening conditions that are all connected.
- Now, experts at the American Heart Association say more of the country should be screened for one particular risk factor in the first-ever clinical guidelines for the syndrome.
- Excess body fat is a key driver for all of the conditions that make up CKM syndrome: obesity, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease and Type 2 diabetes, all of which are responsible for the deaths of millions of Americans each year.
Sources: The Independent