At-Risk Serum Cholesterol Profile at Both Ends of the Nutrition Spectrum in West African Adults? The Benin Study

Low HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C), using as cut-offs 1.03 mmol/L in men and 1.29 mmol/L in women, was observed in more than 25% apparently healthy adults (n = 541) in a cross-sectional study on nutrition transition and cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRF) in Benin, West Africa. Both overweight/obesity (35....

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Main Authors: Jean-Pierre Després, Charles Couillard, Roger Sodjinou, Hélène Delisle, Gervais Ntandou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-04-01
Series:Nutrients
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/5/4/1366