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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Olivia Ireland

Most US adults have risk factors attached to potentially fatal health syndrome, report says

An illness connecting heart disease, kidney problems, diabetes, and obesity is a major high-risk health cycle affecting nearly 90 per cent of US adults, but most people are unaware of the syndrome.

A survey conducted on behalf of the American Heart Association, the Harris Poll, found that only 12 per cent of U.S. adults knew what cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome (CKM) was, despite its affecting nearly 90 per cent of adults.

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