Association between Serum Ferritin Levels and Risk of the Metabolic Syndrome in Chinese Adults: A Population Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Li, Jiang ^a   Wang, Rui ^b   Luo, Dan ^a   Li, Shuang ^a   Xiao, Cheng ^a,c  

^a CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Beijing Red Cross Blood Center   (China)

^c The People's Hospital of Yichun City   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FERRITIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884171461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074168     Document Type: Article

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