A Comparison between Revised NCEP ATP III and IDF Definitions in Diagnosing Metabolic Syndrome in an Urban Sri Lankan Population: The Ragama Health Study

Background. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) within individual cohorts varies with the definition used. The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of MetS between IDF and revised NCEP ATP III criteria in an urban Sri Lankan population and to investigate the characteristics of dis...

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Autores principales: Chackrewarthy, S., Gunasekera, D., Pathmeswaren, A., Wijekoon, C. N., Ranawaka, U. K., Kato, N., Takeuchi, F., Wickremasinghe, A. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/320176

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