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Flow of participants. MS= metabolic syndrome; hs-CRP= high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. All the 45- to 64-year-old residents in the province of Asti (n = 1,877) from 6 family physicians, whose patients were representative of the local sanitary districts, were contacted. Of these, 1,658 subjects (88.3%) participated in the metabolic screening.
