Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in relation to socioeconomic status among Jamaican young adults: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: The metabolic syndrome has a high prevalence in many countries and has been associated with socioeconomic status (SES). This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components among Jamaican young adults and evaluate its association with parental SES. MET...

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Autores principales: Ferguson, Trevor S, Tulloch-Reid, Marshall K, Younger, Novie OM, Knight-Madden, Jennifer M, Samms-Vaughan, Maureen, Ashley, Deanna, Van den Broeck, Jan, Wilks, Rainford J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20525300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-307

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20525300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-307

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