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...
Main Authors: | Ivan Berlin, Susan Lin, Joao A. C. Lima, Alain Gerald Bertoni |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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European Publishing
2012-06-01
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Series: | Tobacco Induced Diseases |
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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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