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Prevalence and trends of a metabolic syndrome phenotype among u.s. Adolescents, 1999-2000.
Diabetes care - 1 Oct 2004
Duncan Glen E, Li Sierra M, Zhou Xiao-Hua
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of a metabolic syndrome phenotype among U.S. adolescents using the most recent national data and to examine trends in metabolic syndrome prevalence. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Analysis of data on 991 adolescents (aged 12-19 years) who had fasted for at least 6 h, from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 1999-2000). The metabolic syndrome was...
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