Metabolic syndrome and the burden of cardiovascular disease in Caribbean Hispanic women living in northern Manhattan: A red flag for education

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-322

  Yala, Stella Maris ^a   Fleck, Elaine M ^a   Sciacca, Robert ^a   Castro, Darlene ^a   Joseph, Zena ^a   Giardina, Elsa Grace V ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARIBBEAN REGION; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 68549085225     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2008.0071     Document Type: Article

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