Metabolic syndrome in youth: A cross-sectional school-based survey

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1809-1813

  Vissers, Dirk ^a,b,c,d   Vanroy, Christel ^a   De Meulenaere, An ^a   Van De Sompel, Annemie ^c   Truijen, Steven ^a   Van Gaal, Luc ^b,c  

^a Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Juvenile obesity; Metabolic syndrome; Overweight; School

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 36249026255     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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