Prevalence of Insulin Resistance Syndrome in a Primary Health Care Center in Kuwait [3]

Family Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 540-

  Al Shaibani, Huda ^a   El Batish, Mohamed ^a   Sorkhou, Iman ^a,b   Al Shamali, Nawal ^a   Al Namash, Hind ^a   Habiba, Soad ^a   Al Qallaf, Basma ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^b Hawalli Health District   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ATHEROGENESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC OBESITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOLIPOPROTEINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KUWAIT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KUWAIT; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4444298680     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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