Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and related metabolic traits in an island population of the Adriatic

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-53

  Deka, R ^a   Durakovic, Z ^b   Niu, W ^a   Zhang, G ^c   Karns, R ^a   Smolej Narancic, N ^b   Missoni, S ^b   Caric, D ^d   Caric, T ^d   Rudan, D ^b   Salzer, B ^e   Chakraborty, R ^f   Rudan, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Croatia)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Health Center Hvar   (Croatia)

^e Labor Diagnostika   (Croatia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adriatic island population; Cardiovascular disease; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; GLUCOSE; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; ISLAND; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROATIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RISK; SEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROATIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANS AND SEAS; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 83455225653     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2011.637512     Document Type: Article

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