Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome defined by the international diabetes federation among adults in the U.S.

Diabetes Care

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2745-2749

  Ford, Earl S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNOLOGY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FASTING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TRIGLYCERIDES; UNITED STATES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 30544433479     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.11.2745     Document Type: Article

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