Pathobiology of metabolic syndrome X in obese and non-obese South Asian Indians: Further discussion and some suggestions

Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 560-562

  Das, Undurti N ^a  

^a EFA Sciences LLC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 5,8,11,14,17 ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ALBUMIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FIBRINOGEN; FOLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; SELENIUM; SOMATOMEDIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; URIC ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0038100213     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(03)00034-0     Document Type: Editorial

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