Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 141-148 , February 2012

Racial/ethnic discrepancies in the metabolic syndrome begin in childhood and persist after adjustment for environmental factors

  • S.E. Walker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, P.O. Box 800386, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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  • M.J. Gurka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, P.O. Box 800386, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
    • Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
    • ,
  • M.N. Oliver

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
    • Center for Health Disparities, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
    • ,
  • D.W. Johns

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
    • ,
  • M.D. DeBoer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, P.O. Box 800386, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 434 924 9144; fax: +1 434 924 9181.

Received 7 October 2009 ,Revised 13 May 2010 ,Accepted 20 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2010.05.006

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 141-148 , February 2012

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