High prevalence of cardio-metabolic risk factors in a young urban Sri-Lankan population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Wijesuriya, Mahen ^a   Gulliford, Martin ^b   Charlton, Judith ^b   Vasantharaja, Laksha ^a   Viberti, Giancarlo ^b   Gnudi, Luigi ^b   Karalliedde, Janaka ^b  

^a National Diabetes Centre   (Sri Lanka)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CARDIO METABOLIC RISK FACTOR; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKAN; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SRI LANKA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856821620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031309     Document Type: Article

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