Metabolic Syndrome: Comparison of Occurrence Using Three Definitions in Hypertensive Patients
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Metabolic syndrome: comparison of occurrence using three definitions in hypertensive patients.
OBJECTIVE To compare the frequency of occurrence of metabolic syndrome using three international definitions and to study the distribution of cardiovascular risk factors among newly diagnosed hypertensive Nigerian subjects. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTINGS Cardiology unit of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Nigeria. PARTICIPANTS One hundred forty newly diagnosed hypertensive Niger...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine & Research
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1539-4182,1554-6179
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2010.902