A comparison of metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk factors in Filipino women and Filipino American women: A pilot study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 404-409

  Ancheta, Irma B ^a   Battie, Cynthia A ^b   Tuason, Teresa ^b   Ancheta, Christine V ^c  

^a Excelsior College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Filipino; Metabolic syndrome; Waist circumference; Women

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FILIPINO; FILIPINO AMERICAN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHILIPPINES; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; PILOT PROJECTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869008316     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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