The metabolic syndrome in black hypertensive women - Waist circumference more strongly related than body mass index

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 8 I, 2002, Pages 637-641

  Rheeder, P ^a   Stolk, R P ^a   Veenhouwer, J F ^a   Grobbee, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPID; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SYNDROME; TRIGLYCERIDES; URIC ACID;

EID: 0036688064     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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