High prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in Iranian adolescents

Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 377-382

  Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad ^a   Mirmiran, Parvin ^a   Azadbakht, Leila ^a   Etemadi, Arash ^a   Azizi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cardiovascular risk factors; Metabolic syndrome; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IRAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; IRAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33749174913     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.50     Document Type: Article

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