Metabolic syndrome: Stronger association with coronary artery disease in young men in comparison with higher prevalence in young women

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-168

  Sadeghian, Saeed ^a   Darvish, Soodabeh ^a   Salimi, Shabnam ^a   Esfehani, Farah Ayatollahzadeh ^a   Fallah, Nader ^b   Mahmoodian, Mehran ^a   Salarifar, Mojtaba ^a   Karimi, Abbasali ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Men; Metabolic syndrome; Risk factor; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247262494     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e328012a94f     Document Type: Article

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