White blood cell count and the metabolic syndrome in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 418-424

  Lao, Xiang Qian ^a,b   Neil Thomas, G ^c   Jiang, Chaoqiang ^b   Zhang, Weisheng ^b   Adab, Peymane ^c   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Cheng, Kar Keung ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Guangzhou Number 12 Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese; Metabolic syndrome; Vascular risk factors; White blood cell

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIFESTYLE; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 49449086991     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.12.053     Document Type: Article

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