Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 434-441

  Pérez, Cynthia M ^a   Guzmán, Manuel ^b   Ortiz, Ana P ^a   Estrella, Mayra ^a   Valle, Yari ^a   Pérez, Naydi ^a   Haddock, Lillian ^b   Suárez, Erick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Hispanics; Metabolic syndrome; Puerto Ricans; Updated NCEP ATP III

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849116073     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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