Association between the metabolic syndrome and its components and gait speed among U.S. adults aged 50 years and older: A cross-sectional analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Okoro, Catherine A ^a   Zhong, Yuna ^a   Ford, Earl S ^a   Balluz, Lina S ^a   Strine, Tara W ^a   Mokdad, Ali H ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; ABDOMINAL FAT; ACCELERATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APRAXIA; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; LEISURE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; WALKING;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ACCELERATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT APRAXIA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 33751241139     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-282     Document Type: Article

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