Postmenopausal vegetarians' low serum ferritin level may reduce the risk for metabolic syndrome

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-41

  Kim, Mi Hyun ^a   Bae, Yun Jung ^b  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Hanbuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Metabolic syndrome; Postmenopausal women; Serum ferritin; Vegetarians

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VEGETARIAN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84866072537     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-012-9405-x     Document Type: Article

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