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Metabolic syndrome and its components among university students in Kenya

BACKGROUND: Metabolic syndrome refers to a cluster of interrelated disorders which occur together causing an increase in the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The university population is an understudied group despite the increase in the frequency of related disorders and metab...

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Autores principales:	Mbugua, Samuel Mungai, Kimani, Samuel Thuo, Munyoki, Gilbert
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5704380/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29183300 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4936-x

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