The metabolic syndrome in older persons: A loosely defined constellation of symptoms or a distinct entity?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 494-497

  Morley, John E ^a   Sinclair, Alan ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGED; AGING; ANDROGEN THERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOGONADISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGED; AGING; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 69449095173     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp105     Document Type: Editorial

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