Metabolic syndrome in the elderly living in marginal peri-urban communities in Quito, Ecuador

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 758-767

  Sempértegui, Fernando ^a,h   Estrella, Bertha ^a   Tucker, Katherine L ^b,c   Hamer, Davidson H ^c,d,e   Narvaez, Ximena ^a   Sempértegui, Mercy ^a   Griffiths, Jeffrey K ^c,f,g   Noel, Sabrina E ^b   Dallal, Gerard E ^b,c   Selhub, Jacob ^b,c   Meydani, Simin N ^b,c  

^a Corporacin Ecuatoriana de Biotecnologa ^*  (Ecuador)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Tufts University   (United States)

^h UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Ecuador; Elderly; Metabolic syndrome; Micronutrient deficiency

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICRONUTRIENTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79956098397     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010002636     Document Type: Article

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