Gender differences in metabolic syndrome and its components in southern china using a healthy lifestyle index: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Ying Ye (Author), Qiuhong Zhou (Author), Weiwei Dai (Author), Hua Peng (Author), Shi Zhou (Author), Huixia Tian (Author), Lu Shen (Author), Huiwu Han (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Lifestyle changes are important for the prevention and management of metabolic syndrome (MetS), but studies that focus on gender differences in the lifestyle risk factors of MetS are limited in China. This research aimed to generate a healthy lifestyle index (HLI) to assess the b...