Metabolic syndrome among Sri Lankan adults: prevalence, patterns and correlates

Metabolic Syndrome (MS) increases the risk for Coronary Artery Disease, stroke and diabetes. MS is twice more common amongst South Asian immigrants in US compared to native Caucasians. There are no nationally representative studies on prevalence of MS from any of the South Asian countries. The prese...

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Autores principales: Katulanda, Prasad, Ranasinghe, Priyanga, Jayawardana, Ranil, Sheriff, Rezvi, Matthews, David R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22650800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-4-24

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22650800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-4-24

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