Prevalence of parameter indicators of obesity and its relationship with metabolic syndrome in urban Moroccan women

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 484-486

  Mohammed, El Ayachi ^a   Mohamed, Mziwira ^a   Denis, Lairon ^b   Rekia, Belahsen ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY BUILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOROCCO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 48049100337     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20746     Document Type: Article

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