The association between anthropometric parameters, the metabolic syndrome and microalbuminuria in black Africans: The SABPA study

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 148-152

  Hoebel, S ^a   De Ridder, J H ^a   Malan, L ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anthropometric; Black africans; Metabolic syndrome; Microalbuminuria

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICROALBUMINURIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST HIP RATIO; ALBUMINURIA; ANALYSIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SIZE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALBUMINURIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SIZE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953307940     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2010-025     Document Type: Article

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