EJ Gallagher, D LeRoith, E Karnieli - Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North …, 2008 - Elsevier The growing prevalence of obesity worldwide is increasing concern surrounding
the rising rates of diabetes, coronary, and cerebrovascular disease with the
consequent health and financial implications for the population [1]. The ... Cited by 10 - Related articles - All 27 versions
M Russell, G Simone, HE Resnick, BV … - Journal of the CardioMetabolic Syndrome, 2007 - interscience.wiley.com Although the underlying cause of the metabolic syndrome (MS) is not entirely
clear, it is thought that MS results from central obesity and insulin resistance
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- ►nursing2008.com R Olufadi, CD Byrne - British Medical Journal, 2008 - jcp.bmj.com The epidemic of obesity is largely responsible for the high prevalence of
metabolic syndrome in the developed world. Since 2001 with the development of
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- ►onlinejacc.org M Chinali, G de Simone, MJ Roman, LG Best, … - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2008 - Elsevier Four hundred forty-six nondiabetic American Indian adolescents (age 14 to 20
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AS Can, TP Bersot - BMC public health, 2007 - biomedcentral.com The agreement between WHO and EGIR definitions was very good (kappa: 0.83). The
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V Mujica, E Leiva, G Icaza, N Diaz, M … - Nutrition Journal, 2008 - nutritionj.com Insulin resistance (IR) is an important risk factor for type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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CH Saely, P Rein, H Drexel - Hormone and metabolic research. Hormon-und …, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Since the publication of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) consensus
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- ►nih.gov G De Simone, RB Devereux, M Chinali, MJ … - Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 2009 - Elsevier Participants in the 2nd Strong Heart Study examination without prevalent
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creatinine >2.5 mg/dL) were studied (n = 2758; 1746 women). MetS was ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 12 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] S Alhassan, A Kiazand, RR Balise, AC King, … - Metabolism, 2008 - Elsevier The purpose of this analysis was to determine to what extent the clinical
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