Decreasing prevalence of the full metabolic syndrome but a persistently high prevalence of dyslipidemia among adult Arabs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Al Daghri, Nasser M ^a   Al Attas, Omar S ^a   Alokail, Majed S ^a   Alkharfy, Khalid M ^b   Sabico, Shaun Louie B ^a   Chrousos, George P ^a,c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARAB; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARABS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COHORT STUDIES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957893128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012159     Document Type: Article

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