Risk-factor profiles for chronic diseases of lifestyle and metabolic syndrome in an urban and rural setting in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Chronic lifestyle diseases share similar modifiable risk factors, including hypertension, tobacco smoking, diabetes, obesity, hyperlipidaemia and physical inactivity. Metabolic syndrome refers to the cluster of risk factors that increases the risk for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus...

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Autores principales: van Zyl, Sanet, van der Merwe, Lynette J., Walsh, Corinna M., Groenewald, Andries J., van Rooyen, Francois C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS OpenJournals 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4565143/
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v4i1.346

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4565143/
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v4i1.346

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