Metabolic syndrome among Jaffna Tamil community, Sri Lanka

Metabolic syndrome among Jaffna Tamil community, Sri Lanka

Aim: The prevalence and associated risk factors of metabolic syndrome (MS) among adults over 18 years old in Jaffna district. Materials and Methods: It was community-based cross-sectional descriptive study. Multistage stratified cluster sampling technique was employed. An interviewer administered qu...

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Main Authors: Sivarathy Amarasinghe, Balakumar Sandrasegarampillai, Vasanthy Arasaratnam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:
Central obesity
fasting plasma glucose
high-density lipoprotein
hypertriacylglycerolemia
Jaffna
metabolic syndrome
Sri Lanka
Online Access:http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2015;volume=19;issue=5;spage=663;epage=666;aulast=Amarasinghe

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