The US National Cholesterol Education Programme Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in a Chinese population

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-257

  Thomas, G Neil ^a   Ho, Sai Yin ^a   Janus, Edward D ^a   Lam, Karen S L ^a   Hedley, Anthony J ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Chinese; Cholesterol; Dyslipidaemia; Guidelines; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 13844252097     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2004.07.022     Document Type: Article

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