Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among ethnic groups in China

• Hoofdauteurs: Xuzhen Qin (Auteur), Ling Qiu (Auteur), Guodong Tang (Auteur), Man-Fung Tsoi (Auteur), Tao Xu (Auteur), Lin Zhang (Auteur), Zhihong Qi (Auteur), Guangjin Zhu (Auteur), Bernard M. Y. Cheung (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is common in China, which has a multi-ethnic population of 1·3 billion. We set out to determine the prevalence of MetS and its components in different ethnic groups. Methods This nationwide cross-sectional survey involved 24,796 participants from eight e...