Heterogeneity in sex differences in the metabolic syndrome in Dutch white, Surinamese African and South Asian populations

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1159-1164

  Agyemang, C ^a   van Valkengoed, I G ^a   van den Born, B J ^b   Bhopal, R ^c   Stronks, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gender; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AFRICA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DIET RESTRICTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOUTH ASIA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SURINAME; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84865120294     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2012.03616.x     Document Type: Article

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