A continuous metabolic syndrome risk score: Utility for epidemiological analyses [6]

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2329-

  Wijndaele, Katrien ^a   Beunen, Gaston ^b   Duvigneaud, Nathalie ^c   Matton, Lynn ^b   Duquet, William ^c   Thomis, Martine ^b   Lefevre, Johan ^b   Philippaerts, Renaat M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845453795     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-1341     Document Type: Letter

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