A cross-national comparative study of metabolic syndrome among non-diabetic Dutch and English ethnic groups

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 447-452

  Agyemang, Charles ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a   Bhopal, Raj ^b   Zaninotto, Paola ^c   Nazroo, James ^d   Unwin, Nigel ^e   Van Valkengoed, Irene ^a   Redekop, William K ^f   Stronks, Karien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANALYSIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84878277648     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks041     Document Type: Article

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