Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and framingham risk score in apparently healthy vegetarian and omnivorous men

Sources of Funding There were no external funding sources for this study. Study Association This article is part of the thesis of Post Doctoral submitted by Julio Cesar Acosta Navarro, from Instituto do Coracao (InCor) - Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo. Ethics approval and consent to participate This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Instituto do Coracao (InCor) da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo under the protocol number CAAE: 03540812.2.0000.0068. File: 35704. All the procedures in this study were in accordance with the 1975 Helsinki Declaration, updated in 2013. Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study. Author contributions Conception and design of the research: Navarro JCA; Acquisition of data: Navarro JCA, Antoniazzi L, Oki AM, Bonfim MC, Hong V, Acosta-Cardenas P; Analysis and interpretation of the data: Navarro JCA, Antoniazzi L, Oki AM, Bonfim MC, Hong V, Bortolotto LA; Statistical analysis: Navarro JCA, Antoniazzi L, Hong V; Writing of the manuscript: Acosta-Cardenas P; Critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content: Navarro JCA, Antoniazzi L, Oki AM, Hong V, Sandrim V, Miname MH, Santos Filho RD. Potential Conflict of Interest No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.