Is socioeconomic position related to the prevalence of metabolic syndrome? Influence of social class across the life course in a population-based study of older men

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2380-2382

  Ramsay, Sheena E ^a   Whincup, Peter H ^b   Morris, Richard ^a   Lennon, Lucy ^a   Wannamethee, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 64349097782     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-1158     Document Type: Article

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