Overweight and components of the metabolic syndrome in college students

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3000-3001

  Huang, Terry T K ^a   Kempf, Angela M ^b   Strother, Myra L ^b   Li, Chaoyang ^c   Lee, Rebecca E ^d   Harris, Kari J ^e   Kaur, Harsohena ^c,f  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 9444267680     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.12.3000     Document Type: Article

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