A comparison of the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Saudi adult females using two definitions

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-214

  Al Qahtani, Dhafer Award ^a   Imtiaz, Mohammed L ^a   Saad, Ola S ^a   Hussein, Nehad M ^a  

^a King Faisal Military Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLORIMETRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 33750328008     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2006.4.204     Document Type: Article

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