Dyslipidemia in Outpatients at General Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana: Cross-sectional Study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 576-578

  Eghan Jr , Benjamin A ^a   Acheampong, Joseph W ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Ghana; Hyperlipidemia; Hypertension; Sex distribution

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GHANA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0242527444     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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