Metabolic Syndrome Among Ethnic South Asian Patients With Ischemic Stroke and Comparison With Ethnic Chinese Patients: The Singapore General Hospital Experience

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 119-121

  De Silva, Deidre Anne ^a   Woon, Fung Peng ^b   Xie, Xiao Yun ^c   Li Hsian Chen, Christopher ^d   Chang, Hui Meng ^a   Wong, Meng Cheong ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d National Medical Research Council   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese; high density lipoprotein; ischemic stroke; Metabolic syndrome; South Asian

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA;

AGED; ASIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 34248204337     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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