Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome: Results from a Multi-Ethnic Population-Based Survey in Malaysia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Rampal, Sanjay ^a,b   Mahadeva, Sanjiv ^a   Guallar, Eliseo ^b,c,d   Bulgiba, Awang ^a   Mohamed, Rosmawati ^a   Rahmat, Ramlee ^e   Arif, Mohamad Taha ^f   Rampal, Lekhraj ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^g UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; INDIGENOUS SARAWAKIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY; MALAYSIA; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866996288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046365     Document Type: Article

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