Paradoxical relationships between anthropometric variables and phenotypic expression of the metabolic syndrome in nondiabetic polynesians of New Caledonia

Diabetes Care

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1909-1911

  Cournil, Amandine ^a   Defay, Roselyne ^a   Lacroux, Annie ^a   Barny, Sylvie ^b   Fontbonne, Annick ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Health and Social Department   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEW CALEDONIA; PHENOTYPE; POLYNESIA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MELANESIA; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NEW CALEDONIA; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYNESIA;

EID: 34447123112     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-2355     Document Type: Article

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