Prevalence of overweight and obesity and their cardiometabolic comorbidities in hispanic adults living in puerto rico

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1140-1146

  Pérez, Cynthia M ^a   Sánchez, Hesmy ^a   Ortiz, Ana P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cardiometabolic comorbidities; Hispanics; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PUERTO RICO; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PUERTO RICO; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888642086     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-013-9726-5     Document Type: Article

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