Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among female Kuwaiti adolescents using two different criteria

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-81

  Al Isa, Abdulwahhab ^a   Akanji, Abayomi O ^a   Thalib, Lukman ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Adolescents; International Diabetes Federation; Kuwaiti females; Metabolic syndrome; Prevalence; Third Adult Treatment Panel modified for age

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KUWAIT; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; METABOLISM; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75549092192     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509991425     Document Type: Article

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