Association between the metabolic syndrome and its components with falls in community-dwelling older adults

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 447-451

  Liao, Kuo Chen ^a   Pu, Shou Jin ^a   Lin, Chung Hao ^a   Chang, Hong Jyun ^a   Chen, Ying Jen ^a   Liu, Maw Sen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POLYPHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84869818439     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: 15578518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2012.0046     Document Type: Article

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