Gender differences in the association between westernization and metabolic risk among Greenland Inuit

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 741-748

  Jørgensen, Marit Eika ^a,b   Moustgaard, Helene ^a   Bjerregaard, Peter ^a   Borch Johnsen, Knut ^b  

^a National Institute of Public Health ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Greenland; Inuit; Metabolic syndrome; Westernization

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EDUCATION; ESKIMO; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREENLAND; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LANGUAGE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIGRATION; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; URBANIZATION; URINE LEVEL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 33845371904     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-006-9063-4     Document Type: Article

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