Prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome components in Mexican adults without type 2 diabetes or hypertension Prevalencia de obesidad y componentes del síndrome metabólico en adultos mexicanos sin diabetes tipo 2 o hipertensión arterial

OBJECTIVE: To describe the number of Mexican adults with undiagnosed diabetes and arterial hypertension and their association with obesity. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included a sub-sample of 6 613 subjects aged 20 years or more who participated in the 2006 National Health and Nutrition Survey...

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Main Authors: Rosalba Rojas-Martínez, Carlos A Aguilar-Salinas, Aída Jiménez-Corona, Francisco J Gómez-Pérez, Simón Barquera, Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2012-02-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342012000100002