The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Ghanaian migrants and their homeland counterparts: the Research on Obesity and type 2 Diabetes among African Migrants (RODAM) study

BACKGROUND: Metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. It is unknown whether the MetSyn prevalence differs within a homogenous population residing in different settings in Africa and Europe. We therefore assessed the prevalence of MetSyn...

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Autores principales: van der Linden, Eva L, Meeks, Karlijn, Beune, Erik, de-Graft Aikins, Ama, Addo, Juliet, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Mockenhaupt, Frank P, Bahendeka, Silver, Danquah, Ina, Schulze, Matthias B, Spranger, Joachim, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Tetteh Appiah, Lambert, Smeeth, Liam, Stronks, Karien, Agyemang, Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Migration
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6761842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31220248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz051

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6761842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31220248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz051

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