Obesity and cardio-metabolic risk factors in urban adults of Benin: Relationship with socio-economic status, urbanisation, and lifestyle patterns

BACKGROUND: There is a dearth of information on diet-related chronic diseases in West Africa. This cross-sectional study assessed the rate of obesity and other cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in a random sample of 200 urban adults in Benin and explored the associations between these factor...

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Autores principales: Sodjinou, Roger, Agueh, Victoire, Fayomi, Benjamin, Delisle, Hélène
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2315643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18318907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-84

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2315643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18318907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-84

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