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Metabolic syndrome among children and adolescents in Low and Middle Income Countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020-10-19

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background: </bold>Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors, which is rising in the low and middle income countries (LMICs). There are various studies with inconsistent findings that are inconclusive for policy makers and program planners. Thus, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at estimating the pooled prevalence of MetS and its compon...

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Literature Corpus work: 3cf2b494-75a7-502e-a619-199e4521e905
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-67581/v2

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