Metabolic syndrome and risk of coronary heart disease in a Pakistani cohort

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1003-1007

  Wierzbicki, Anthony S ^a   Nishtar, S ^b   Lumb, P J ^a   Lambert Hammill, M ^a   Turner, C N ^a   Crook, M A ^a   Marber, M S ^a   Gill, J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Heartfile Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SIALIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN;

EID: 23044434372     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.033092     Document Type: Article

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