Dyslipidemias and obesity in Mexico

• Main Authors: Simón Barquera (Author), Mario Flores (Author), Gustavo Olaiz-Fernández (Author), Eric Monterrubio (Author), Salvador Villalpando (Author), Carlos González (Author), Juan Ángel Rivera (Author), Jaime Sepúlveda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To describe in a national sample 1) the mean total cholesterol (TC), HDL-cholesterol (HDLc) and triglyceride (TG) concentrations, 2) the prevalence of the most common lipid abnormalities and 3) the association between obesity and these conditions. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We analyzed the nat...