Analysis of the agreement between the World Health Organization criteria and the National Cholesterol Education Program-III definition of the metabolic syndrome: Results from a population-based survey [1]

Diabetes Care

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1635-

  Aguilar Salinas, Carlos A ^a,c   Rojas, Rosalba ^b   Gómez Pérez, Francisco J ^a   Valles, Victoria ^a   Ríos Torres, Juan Manuel ^a   Franco, Aurora ^b   Olaiz, Gustavo ^b   Rull, Juan A ^a   Sepulveda, Jaime ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PATIENT EDUCATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0042669731     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.5.1635     Document Type: Letter

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