Black-white divergence in the relation of white blood cell count to metabolic syndrome in preadolescents, adolescents, and young adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2474-2476

  Chen, Wei ^a   Srinivasan, Sathanur R ^a   Xu, Jihua ^a   Berenson, Gerald S ^a  

^a Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GROWTH PERIOD; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEGRO; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951710495     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-0619     Document Type: Article

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