Gender, socio-economic status and metabolic syndrome in middle-aged and old adults

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Studies that addressed social and economic determinants of cardiovascular diseases, consistently showed an increase prevalence of the individual features of metabolic syndrome in the lower socio-economic strata. Thus, this study aime...

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Main Authors: Ebrahim Shah, Santos Ana C, Barros Henrique
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-02-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/8/62