Sex, BMI and age differences in metabolic syndrome: the Dutch Lifelines Cohort Study
Introduction To evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its individual components within sex-, body mass index (BMI)- and age combined clusters. In addition, we used the age-adjusted blood pressure thresholds to demonstrate the effect on the prevalence of MetS and elevated blood pressure. Subjects and methods Cross-sectional data from 74,531 Western European participants, aged 18–79 years, were used from the Dutch Lifelines Cohort Study. MetS was defined according to the revised NCEP-ATPIII. Age-adjusted blood pressure thresholds were defined as recommended by the eight report... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Endocrine Connections ; volume 6, issue 4, page 278-288 ; ISSN 2049-3614 |
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Bioscientifica
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Schlagwörter: | Endocrinology / Diabetes and Metabolism / Internal Medicine |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26640865 |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/ec-17-0011 |