Health behavior and perceptions among African American women with metabolic syndrome

Background: Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of different risk factors (abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol) that predispose to the development of cardiovascular diseases. African American women (AAW) are easily predisposed to metabolic syndrome due to hig...

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Main Authors: Srikrishna Varun Malayala, Ambreen Raza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center 2016-02-01
Series:Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
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Online Access:http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/view/30559/pdf_118