Metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women: Higher prevalence in the Northeastern Region of Brazil than in other Latin American countries and the influence of obesity and socioeconomic factors [1]

Climacteric

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 438-439

  Silveira, I L ^a   Maranhao T M O ^a   Azevedo, G D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL FAT; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLIMACTERIUM; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BRAZIL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LATIN AMERICA; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548658059     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130701629582     Document Type: Letter

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