Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in Peruvian Andean hispanics: the PREVENCION study.
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in Peruvian Andean hispanics: the PREVENCION study.
Josefina Medina-Lezama,Humberto Zea-Díaz,11 Authors,J. Chirinos
2007 · DOI: 10.1016/J.DIABRES.2007.04.004
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice · 71 Citations
TLDR
The pattern of MTS components in this Andean population is characterized by a high prevalence of dyslipidemia and a relatively low prevalence of elevated fasting glucose, and further studies are required to characterize genetic and environmental determinants of these patterns.