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Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in a rural population in Ghana

BACKGROUND: The Metabolic syndrome (MS) which is a constellation of cardiometabolic risk factors including dyslipidaemia, hypertension, hyperglycaemia, central obesity, and endothelial dysfunction was hitherto relatively uncommon among Africans south of the Sahara. This study seeks to determine the...

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Autores principales: Gyakobo, Mawuli, Amoah, Albert GB, Martey-Marbell, De-Anne, Snow, Rachel C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3534326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23110418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-12-25