Metabolic Syndrome in South African Patients with Severe Mental Illness: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors

BACKGROUND: There is a surge of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Africa. CVD is the leading cause of mortality among patients with severe mental illness (SMI) in developed countries, with little evidence from the African context. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and risk factors for MetS among...

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Autores principales: Saloojee, Shamima, Burns, Jonathan K, Motala, Ayesha A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4755575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26882230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149209

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4755575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26882230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149209

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