Smoking Status and Metabolic Syndrome in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. A cross-sectional study

Smoking Status and Metabolic Syndrome in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. A cross-sectional study

Background Current smoking is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance but its association with the metabolic syndrome (metS), particularly with sufficiently sampled African American representation, has not been clearly established. Objective To assess whether a) metS...

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Main Authors: Ivan Berlin, Susan Lin, Joao A. C. Lima, Alain Gerald Bertoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2012-06-01
Series:Tobacco Induced Diseases
Subjects:
metabolic syndrome
smoking
ethnic groups
body mass index
Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/Smoking-Status-and-Metabolic-Syndrome-in-the-Multi-Ethnic-Study-of-Atherosclerosis-A-cross-sectional-study,66093,0,2.html

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