Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among Korean adults according to the criteria of the International Diabetes Federation

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 933-934

  Hye, Soon Park ^a   Sang, Yeoup Lee ^b   Seon, Mee Kim ^c   Jee, Hye Han ^d   Dae, Jung Kim ^e  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan Chatolic University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Eulji General Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNOLOGY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 33746371407     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.29.04.06.dc06-0069     Document Type: Article

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