Sex, BMI and age differences in metabolic syndrome: the Dutch Lifelines Cohort Study

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 pr...

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Main Authors: Sandra N Slagter, Robert P van Waateringe, André P van Beek, Melanie M van der Klauw, Bruce H R Wolffenbuttel, Jana V van Vliet-Ostaptchouk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bioscientifica 2017-06-01
Series:Endocrine Connections
Subjects:
metabolic syndrome
blood pressure
age adjusted
population based
sex
BMI
Online Access:http://www.endocrineconnections.com/content/6/4/278.full

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