Occupation is more important than rural or urban residence in explaining the prevalence of metabolic and cardiovascular disease risk in Guatemalan adults

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1314-1319

  Gregory, Cria O ^a   Dai, Jun ^a   Ramirez Zea, Manuel ^b   Stein, Aryeh D ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute of Nutrition of Central American and Panama   (Guatemala)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SITTING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34247869589     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.5.1314     Document Type: Article

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