Educational inequalities in metabolic syndrome vary by ethnic group: Evidence from the SUNSET study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-274

  Agyemang, Charles ^a   van Valkengoed, Irene ^a   Hosper, Karen ^a   Nicolaou, Mary ^a   van den Born, Bert Jan ^b   Stronks, Karien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African origin; Metabolic syndrome; South Asian; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEGRO; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SURINAME; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURINAME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77952740836     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.12.023     Document Type: Article

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