Urban and rural variation in clustering of metabolic syndrome components in the Thai population: Results from the fourth National Health Examination Survey 2009

• Main Authors: Aekplakorn W., Kessomboon P., Sangthong R., Chariyalertsak S., Putwatana P., Inthawong R., Nitiyanant W., Taneepanichskul S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80755159388&partnerID=40&md5=3720937ae0a7faf50e140b0502f1c7df; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22074341; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3708
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Background: Information on the distribution of Metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its combinations by urban/rural areas in lower-middle income countries has been limited. It is not clear how the various combinations of MetS components varied by urban/rural population and if particular combinations of Met...