White blood cell counts associate more strongly to the metabolic syndrome in 75-year-old women than in men: A population based study

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-364

  Nilsson, G ^b   Hedberg, P ^b   Jonason, T ^b   Lonnberg I ^b   Tenerz, A ^b   Ohrvik J ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 36749007752     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2007.0012     Document Type: Article

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