Metabolic syndrome and parental history of cardiovascular disease in young adults in urban Ghana

• Main Authors: Kwame Yeboah (Author), Kennedy Konlan Dodam (Author), Patrick Kormla Affrim (Author), Linda Adu-Gyamfi (Author), Anormah Rashid Bado (Author), Richard N. A. Owusu Mensah (Author), Afua Bontu Adjei (Author), Ben Gyan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) in young adults poses significant cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk for later years. Parental history of CVDs is known to affect the prevalence of CVD risk in adulthood. In sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of MetS in young adults and its relationship with...