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High prevalence of obesity, central obesity and abnormal glucose tolerance in the middle-aged Finnish population

BACKGROUND: There is a worldwide increase in the prevalence of obesity and disturbances in glucose metabolism. The aim of this study was to assess the current prevalence of obesity, central obesity and abnormal glucose tolerance in Finnish population, and to investigate the associations between body...

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Autores principales: Saaristo, Timo E, Barengo, Noël C, Korpi-Hyövälti, Eeva, Oksa, Heikki, Puolijoki, Hannu, Saltevo, Juha T, Vanhala, Mauno, Sundvall, Jouko, Saarikoski, Liisa, Peltonen, Markku, Tuomilehto, Jaakko
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19113993
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-423

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