Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among Korean adults using the new International Diabetes Federation definition and the new abdominal obesity criteria for the Korean people

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-106

  Kim, Hee Man ^a,b   Kim, Dae Jung ^c   Jung, In Hyun ^d   Park, Chanwang ^e   Park, Jong ^f  

^a Division of Health and Hygiene   (South Korea)

^b Management Center for Health Promotion   (South Korea)

^c Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^e Korea Inst Hlth and Social Aff   (South Korea)

^f Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; SOUTH KOREA; STROKE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34247123182     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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