Metabolic Syndrome among Emirati Adolescents: A School-Based Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Mehairi, Aaesha E ^a   Khouri, Aysha A ^a   Naqbi, Muna M ^a   Muhairi, Shamma J ^a   Maskari, Fatima A ^b   Nagelkerke, Nico ^b   Shah, Syed M ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING HABIT; EMIRATI; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84873884194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056159     Document Type: Article

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