Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and common metabolic components in high altitude farmers and herdsmen at 3700 m in Tibet

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-44

  Sherpa, Lhamo Y ^a,e   Deji, ^b   Stigum, Hein ^a,c   Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi ^d   Nafstad, Per ^a   Bjertness, Espen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e Himalayan Health and Environmental Services Solukhumbu   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HERDSMAN; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIPODYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TIBET;

EID: 84875752629     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2012.1051     Document Type: Article

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