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Familial aggregation of the metabolic syndrome in Korean families with adolescents.
Atherosclerosis - 1 May 2006
Park Hye Soon, Park Jung Yul, Cho Sung-Il
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We investigated the familial aggregation of the metabolic syndrome in Korean families with adolescents. In a cross-sectional observational study, the body mass index, waist circumference, blood pressure, fasting glucose, serum triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol, total cholesterol and fasting insulin concentrations, and homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) score, were examined in each individual in 132 Korean nuclear...
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