Incidence and risk factors for metabolic syndrome among urban, adult Sri Lankans: a prospective, 7-year community cohort, follow-up study

Incidence and risk factors for metabolic syndrome among urban, adult Sri Lankans: a prospective, 7-year community cohort, follow-up study

Abstract Background The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of abdominal obesity, diabetes and prediabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, that confers an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. There is limited data on incidence of MetS from South Asia. This study investigated in...

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Main Authors: Shamila T. De Silva, Madunil A. Niriella, Dileepa S. Ediriweera, Dulani Kottahachchi, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Arjuna P. de Silva, Anuradha S. Dassanayaka, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Rajitha Wickramasinghe, N. Kato, H. Janaka de Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
Subjects:
Incidence
Metabolic syndrome
Obesity
Diabetes
Hypertension
Dyslipidemia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13098-019-0461-7

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