Factors associated with metabolic syndrome in a sample of women in Puerto Rico

Menopause

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 388-392

  Romaguera, Josefina ^a   Ortiz, Ana P ^b   Roca, Fernando J ^a   Colón, Giancarlo ^a   Suárez, Erick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Menopause; Metabolic syndrome; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77949385842     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181bd5393     Document Type: Article

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