Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome using two proposed definitions in a Japanese-Brazilians community

Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Foss Freitas, Maria C ^a   Gomes, Patricia M ^a   Andrade, Regina C G ^a   Figueiredo, Roberta C ^a   Pace, Ana E ^a   Dal Fabbro, Amaury L ^a   Monteiro, Luciana Z ^a   Franco, Laercio J ^a   Foss, Milton C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

IDF; Japanese Brazilians; Metabolic syndrome; NCEP; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZILIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84865049993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17585996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-5996-4-38     Document Type: Article

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