White Blood Cell Counts as Risk Markers of Developing Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components in the Predimed Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Babio, Nancy ^a,b   Ibarrola Jurado, Núria ^a,b   Bulló, Mònica ^a,b   Martínez González, Miguel Ángel ^c   Wärnberg, Julia ^d   Salaverría, Itziar ^e,f   Ortega Calvo, Manuel ^b   Estruch, Ramón ^b,g   Serra Majem, Lluís ^h   Covas, Maria Isabel ⁱ   Sorli, José Vicente ^b,j   Salas Salvadó, Jordi ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

^f Primary Care Division of Sevilla   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

ⁱ INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875096135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058354     Document Type: Article

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