Tropical Doctor > Volume 38, Number 4 > Pp. 224-226

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Frequency and determinants of the metabolic syndrome in apparently healthy adult Nigerians

Kolawole Wasiu Wahab MBBS FMCP   ^*    Mahmoud Sani MBBS FWACP      Maruf Gbadamosi MBBS      Mahmoud Yandutse BSc   

^* Department of Medicine, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, PMB 1459, Ilorin, Kwara 240001, Nigeria; Department of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria; Department of Medicine; Department of Chemical Pathology, Federal Medical Centre, Katsina, Nigeria

Correspondence to: Kolawole Wasiu Wahab Email: kwwahab{at}yahoo.com

Non-communicable disease conditions such as the metabolic syndrome further strain the already insufficient health resources in Africa, where communicable diseases such as malaria and HIV/AIDS are still causing significant morbidity and mortality. We studied the frequency and determinants of the syndrome in apparently healthy Nigerian volunteers in order to provide a basis for the establishment of a prevention programme.

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