Body composition and the metabolic syndrome in Asian Indians: A saga of multiple adversities

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-7

  Misra, Anoop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; METFORMIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ASIAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FATTY LIVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC TRAIT; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW CALORY DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INDIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFE STYLE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X;

EID: 0037268785     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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