Low HDL-cholesterol with normal triglyceride levels is the most common lipid pattern in West Africans and African Americans with Metabolic Syndrome: Implications for cardiovascular disease prevention

CVD Prevention and Control

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 75-80

  Sumner, Anne E ^a   Zhou, Jie ^b   Doumatey, Ayo ^b   Imoisili, Omoye E ^a   Amoah, Albert ^c   Acheampong, Joseph ^d   Oli, Johnnie ^e   Johnson, Thomas ^f   Adebamowo, Clement ^g   Rotimi, Charles N ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

African Americans; Dyslipidemia; Insulin resistance; Metabolic Syndrome; Triglycerides; West Africans

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

EID: 78049273708     PISSN: 18754570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvdpc.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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