The Association of the Metabolic Syndrome with T-wave Axis Deviation in NHANES III

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 702-707

  Faramawi, Mohammed F ^a   Sall, Macodu ^b   Abdul Kareem, Mohammed Y ^a  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional Studies; Electrocardiography; Metabolic Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; T WAVE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51349140373     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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