Microalbuminuria and the metabolic syndrome in non-diabetic black Africans

Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-367

  Okpechi, Ikechi G ^a   Pascoe, Michael D ^a   Swanepoel, Charles R ^a   Rayner, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Leptin; Metabolic syndrome; Microalbuminuria; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEPTIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICROALBUMINURIA; PREVALENCE; SERUM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALBUMINURIA; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 37849011125     PISSN: 14791641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/dvdr.2007.066     Document Type: Article

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