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Prevalence of a metabolic syndrome phenotype in adolescents: findings from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine - 1 Aug 2003
Cook Stephen, Weitzman Michael, Auinger Peggy, Nguyen Michael, Dietz William H
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BACKGROUND: In adults the metabolic syndrome imposes a substantial risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus and premature coronary heart disease. Even so, no national estimate is currently available of the prevalence of this syndrome in adolescents. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and distribution...
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