Obesity and cardio-metabolic risk factors in urban adults of Benin: Relationship with socio-economic status, urbanisation, and lifestyle patterns

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sodjinou, Roger ^a   Agueh, Victoire ^b   Fayomi, Benjamin ^c   Delisle, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Institut Regional de Sante Publique   (Benin)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BENIN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEIGHT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BENIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 42449115359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-84     Document Type: Article

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