A comparison of the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in high and low altitude populations in Peru

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-62

  Baracco, Rossana ^a,b   Mohanna, Salim ^a   Seclén, Segundo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b NONE   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERU; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34247476819     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2006.0019     Document Type: Article

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