Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in Latin America and its association with sub-clinical carotid atherosclerosis: the CARMELA cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Metabolic syndrome increases cardiovascular risk. Limited information on its prevalence in Latin America is available. The Cardiovascular Risk Factor Multiple Evaluation in Latin America (CARMELA) study included assessment of metabolic syndrome in 7 urban Latin American populations. METH...

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Autores principales: Escobedo, Jorge, Schargrodsky, Herman, Champagne, Beatriz, Silva, Honorio, Boissonnet, Carlos P, Vinueza, Raul, Torres, Marta, Hernandez, Rafael, Wilson, Elinor
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Original Investigation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19781089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-8-52

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19781089
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-8-52

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