[HTML][HTML] The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the Americas

JA López-Velázquez, KV Silva-Vidal… - Annals of hepatology, 2014 - Elsevier
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an alarming public health problem. The disease
is one of the main causes of chronic liver disease worldwide and is directly linked to the …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and metabolic syndrome components in young adults: A pooled analysis

PB Nolan, G Carrick-Ranson, JW Stinear… - Preventive medicine …, 2017 - Elsevier
Metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) represents a clustering of different metabolic abnormalities.
MetSyn prevalence is present in approximately 25% of all adults with increased prevalence …

[PDF][PDF] Adolescent mental and physical health in the English-speaking Caribbean

NA Pilgrim, RW Blum - Revista Panamericana de Salud …, 2012 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, a multisystem framework, was
used to identify risk and protective factors associated with adolescent mental and physical …

[HTML][HTML] Association of family income to poverty ratio and vibration-controlled transient elastography quantified degree of hepatic steatosis in US adolescents

M Tang, M Liu, Y Zhang, R Xie - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Inequality in socioeconomic status plays an important role in the prevalence of
metabolic diseases in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to explore the association …

Socio-economics status and metabolic syndrome: A meta-analysis

M Blanquet, A Legrand, A Pélissier… - Diabetes & Metabolic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is responsible for an increased risk of
type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and is associated with all-cause and …

[HTML][HTML] An update on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its associated factors in rural northeast China

S Yu, X Guo, H Yang, L Zheng, Y Sun - BMC Public Health, 2014 - Springer
Background The last study reported the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) in rural
Northeast China was conducted approximately ten years ago. We aimed to update the data …

[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic status and metabolic syndrome in the general population of China: a cross-sectional study

Y Zhan, J Yu, R Chen, J Gao, R Ding, Y Fu, L Zhang… - BMC public health, 2012 - Springer
Background Individual socioeconomic status (SES) has been found to be associated with
cardiovascular diseases in developed countries, but the association between individual SES …

Food insecurity and the metabolic syndrome among women from low income communities in Malaysia

ZM Shariff, N Sulaiman, RA Jalil, WC Yen… - Asia Pacific journal …, 2014 - search.informit.org
This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between household food insecurity
and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) among reproductive-aged women (n= 625) in low …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and risk factors of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a population-based study in Northeast China

L Guo, X Guo, Y Chang, J Yang, L Zhang, T Li… - International Journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Background: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has attracted increasing
attention worldwide. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of HFpEF and analyze its …

Age, gender, and socioeconomic gradients in metabolic syndrome: biomarker evidence from a large sample in Taiwan, 2005–2013

HF Wu, T Tam, L Jin, XQ Lao, RYN Chung, XF Su… - Annals of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose To examine the age and gender heterogeneities in the association between
socioeconomic status (SES) and the risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) with biomarker data …