Metabolic syndrome and parental history of cardiovascular disease in young adults in urban Ghana

BACKGROUND: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) in young adults poses significant cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk for later years. Parental history of CVDs is known to affect the prevalence of CVD risk in adulthood. In sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of MetS in young adults and its relationship with parenta...

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Autores principales: Yeboah, Kwame, Dodam, Kennedy Konlan, Affrim, Patrick Kormla, Adu-Gyamfi, Linda, Bado, Anormah Rashid, Owusu Mensah, Richard N. A., Adjei, Afua Bontu, Gyan, Ben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5543583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28774298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4652-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5543583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28774298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4652-6

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