Ability of lipid accumulation product to identify metabolic syndrome in healthy men from Buenos Aires

Diabetes Care

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Tellechea, Mariana L ^a   Aranguren, Florencia ^b   Martínez Larrad, María T ^c   Serrano Ríos, Manuel ^c   Taverna, Mariano J ^a,b   Frechtel, Gustavo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD DONOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOLYSIS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650084872     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-2284     Document Type: Letter

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