Ethnic differences in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome: results from a multi-ethnic population-based survey in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Rampal, S., Mahadeva, S., Guallar, E., Bulgiba, A., Mohamed, R., Rahmat, R., Arif, M.T., Rampal, L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2012
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/3914/1/Ethnic_Differences_in_the_Prevalence_of_Metabolic.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/3914/

Introduction :The prevalence of metabolic syndrome is increasing disproportionately among the different ethnicities in Asia compared to the rest of the world. This study aims to determine the differences in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome across ethnicities in Malaysia, a multi-ethnic country....