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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Among an Urban Population in Kenya

OBJECTIVE: Developing countries are undergoing an epidemiologic transition accompanied by increasing burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) linked to urbanization and lifestyle modifications. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of CVD risk factors whose extent in Kenya remains unknown. The aim of this s...

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Autores principales: Kaduka, Lydia U., Kombe, Yeri, Kenya, Eucharia, Kuria, Elizabeth, Bore, John K., Bukania, Zipporah N., Mwangi, Moses
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3308294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22374643
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc11-0537