Body adiposity index as a risk factor for the metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal Caucasian, African American, and Filipina women.

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Published in Diabetes Metab Syndr on May 27, 2014

Authors

Djeneba Audrey Djibo1, Maria Rosario G Araneta2, Donna Kritz-Silverstein2, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor2, Wilma Wooten3

Author Affiliations

1: Joint Doctoral Program, San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego, CA, United States. Electronic address: adjibo@ucsd.edu.
2: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States.
3: County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego, CA, United States.

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