First Nationwide Study of the Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome and Optimal Cutoff Points of Waist Circumference in the Middle East: The National Survey of Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases of Iran

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to provide the first national estimate on the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components and the first ethnic-specific cutoff point for waist circumference in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: This national survey was...

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Autores principales: Delavari, Alireza, Forouzanfar, Mohammad Hossein, Alikhani, Siamak, Sharifian, Afsaneh, Kelishadi, Roya
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19279302
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc08-1800

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