Education eclipses ethnicity in predicting the development of the metabolic syndrome in different ethnic groups in midlife: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1390-1399

  Scuteri, A ^a,b   Vuga, M ^c   Najjar, S S ^b   Mehta, V ^c   Everson Rose, S A ^d   Sutton Tyrrell, K ^c   Matthews, K ^e   Lakatta, E G ^b  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Longitudinal studies; Metabolic syndrome; Socio economic status; Women

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 57449109527     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02596.x     Document Type: Article

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