Prevalence and predictors of metabolic syndrome among healthy Saudi Adults

British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 78-80

  Alzahrani, Abdullah M ^a   Karawagh, Abdullah M ^b   Alshahrani, Fahad M ^c   Naser, Tariq A ^a   Ahmed, Almoutaz Alkhier ^a   Alsharef, Emad H ^a  

^a King Abdul Aziz Medical City Jeddah ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Abdullah Medical City Makkah ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

adults; metabolic syndrome; prevalence; Saudi

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84860439524     PISSN: 14746514     EISSN: 17534305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474651412441953     Document Type: Article

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