The atypical presentation of the metabolic syndrome components in black African women: the relationship with insulin resistance and the influence of regional adipose tissue distribution

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-157

  Jennings, Courtney L ^a   Lambert, Estelle V ^a   Collins, Malcolm ^a,b   Levitt, Naomi S ^c   Goedecke, Julia H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249088756     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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