Metabolic syndrome according to different definitions in a rapidly developing country of the African region

AIMS: We examined, in a country of the African region, i) the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) according to three definitions (ATP, WHO and IDF); ii) the distribution of the MetS criteria; iii) the level of agreement between these three definitions and iv) we also examined these issues up...

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Autores principales: Kelliny, Clara, William, Julita, Riesen, Walter, Paccaud, Fred, Bovet, Pascal
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2556312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18801172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-7-27