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Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a constellation of abnormalities that increase the risk of coronary heart disease and diabetes mellitus (DM). 5 The diagnostic criteria is dictated by the International Diabetes Federation, the National Heart Lung Blood Institute, and the American Heart Association, among others. The prevalence is highly variable due to the different diagnostic criteria, but generally increases with age and is more frequent in men older than 20 yr with an estimated 17–40%, 30% in the age range from 40–50 yr, and 40–45% in those older than 50 yr

number of 285 flight accident reports (17.9%) were found ( Fig. 1 ), of which 238 (83.6%) were referred to as MTOW category <2000 kg and 47 (16.5%) as MTOW category 2000–5700 kg. Aircraft in the latter category were powered predominately by boxer engines (40%), followed by turboprops (34%), turbofans (13%), radial engines (11%), and V-pistons (2%). Fig. 1. Number of BFU accidents reported vs. number of BFU brief reports. In the MTOW category of <2000 kg, 149 (62.6%) accidents occurred between May and September compared to 89 (37.4%) accidents