Gender-dependent associations between socioeconomic status and metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study in the adult Saudi population

[1]  G. Chrousos,et al.  Metabolic syndrome biomarkers and early breast cancer in Saudi women: evidence for the presence of a systemic stress response and/or a pre-existing metabolic syndrome-related neoplasia risk? , 2013, BMC Cancer.

[2]  G. Chrousos,et al.  Assessment of selected nutrient intake and adipocytokine profile among Saudi children and adults. , 2012, Endocrine journal.

[3]  D. Hu,et al.  Socioeconomic status and metabolic syndrome in the general population of China: a cross-sectional study , 2012, BMC Public Health.

[4]  C. Nam,et al.  Sex differences in the relationship between socioeconomic status and metabolic syndrome: the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. , 2012, Diabetes research and clinical practice.

[5]  E. Kenya,et al.  Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Among an Urban Population in Kenya , 2012, Diabetes Care.

[6]  F. Cappuccio,et al.  Telomere Length Attrition, a Marker of Biological Senescence, Is Inversely Correlated with Triglycerides and Cholesterol in South Asian Males with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus , 2012, Experimental diabetes research.

[7]  S. Zhan,et al.  The impact of socioeconomic status on the incidence of metabolic syndrome in a Taiwanese health screening population , 2012, International Journal of Public Health.

[8]  Mark Lyons,et al.  The Prevalence of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviours Relative to Obesity among Adolescents from Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia: Rural versus Urban Variations , 2012, Journal of nutrition and metabolism.

[9]  I. Clara,et al.  Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the Canadian adult population , 2011, Canadian Medical Association Journal.

[10]  G. Chrousos,et al.  Diabetes mellitus type 2 and other chronic non-communicable diseases in the central region, Saudi Arabia (riyadh cohort 2): a decade of an epidemic , 2011, BMC medicine.

[11]  G. Gibson,et al.  Parent-Offspring Transmission of Adipocytokine Levels and Their Associations with Metabolic Traits , 2011, PloS one.

[12]  N. A. Al Laham,et al.  Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and associated socioeconomic and demographic factors among Palestinian adults (20-65 years) at the Gaza Strip. , 2011, Diabetes & metabolic syndrome.

[13]  G. Chrousos,et al.  Decreasing Prevalence of the Full Metabolic Syndrome but a Persistently High Prevalence of Dyslipidemia among Adult Arabs , 2010, PloS one.

[14]  S. Washi,et al.  Poor diet quality and food habits are related to impaired nutritional status in 13- to 18-year-old adolescents in Jeddah. , 2010, Nutrition research.

[15]  E. Al-Eisa.  Indicators of adherence to physiotherapy attendance among Saudi female patients with mechanical low back pain: a clinical audit , 2010, BMC musculoskeletal disorders.

[16]  R. Cooper,et al.  Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in Jamaican adults and its relationship to income and education levels. , 2010, The West Indian medical journal.

[17]  M. Hsairi,et al.  The metabolic syndrome: prevalence, main characteristics and association with socio-economic status in adults living in Great Tunis. , 2010, Diabetes & metabolism.

[18]  N. Al-Daghri,et al.  Establishing abdominal height cut-offs and their association with conventional indices of obesity among Arab children and adolescents , 2010, Annals of Saudi medicine.

[19]  H. Al-Hazzaa,et al.  Physical activity patterns and eating habits of adolescents living in major Arab cities. The Arab Teens Lifestyle Study. , 2010, Saudi medical journal.

[20]  I. Rashdan,et al.  Prevalence of overweight, obesity, and metabolic syndrome among adult Kuwaitis: results from community-based national survey. , 2010 .

[21]  N. Owen,et al.  Evidence of physical activity participation among men and women in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council: a review , 2009, Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity.

[22]  Issam E Barrimah,et al.  Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among qassim university personnel in saudi arabia. , 2009, International journal of health sciences.

[23]  Y. Khader,et al.  Prevalence of metabolic syndrome according to Adult Treatment Panel III and International Diabetes Federation criteria: a population-based study. , 2009, Metabolic syndrome and related disorders.

[24]  M. Delavar,et al.  Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among middle aged women in Babol, Iran. , 2009, The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health.

[25]  J. Sallis,et al.  Environmental and societal factors affect food choice and physical activity: rationale, influences, and leverage points. , 2009, Nutrition reviews.

[26]  S. Garn.  Family-line and socioeconomic factors in fatness and obesity. , 2009, Nutrition reviews.

[27]  M. Fiuza,et al.  Metabolic syndrome in Portugal: prevalence and implications for cardiovascular risk--results from the VALSIM Study. , 2008, Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology.

[28]  K. Matthews,et al.  Association between socioeconomic status and metabolic syndrome in women: testing the reserve capacity model. , 2008, Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association.

[29]  J. Manson,et al.  Inflammation, the metabolic syndrome, and risk of coronary heart disease in women and men. , 2008, Atherosclerosis.

[30]  S. Ebrahim,et al.  Gender, socio-economic status and metabolic syndrome in middle-aged and old adults , 2008, BMC public health.

[31]  A. Mykletun,et al.  Age-specific prevalence of the metabolic syndrome defined by the International Diabetes Federation and the National Cholesterol Education Program: the Norwegian HUNT 2 study , 2007, BMC public health.

[32]  K. Yun,et al.  A cross-sectional study of socioeconomic status and the metabolic syndrome in Korean adults. , 2007, Annals of epidemiology.

[33]  D. A. Al-Qahtani,et al.  AComparison of the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Saudi Adult Females Using Two Definitions. , 2006, Metabolic syndrome and related disorders.

[34]  J. Shaw,et al.  Metabolic syndrome—a new world‐wide definition. A Consensus Statement from the International Diabetes Federation , 2006, Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association.

[35]  E. Kékes,et al.  Prevalence of metabolic syndrome estimated by International Diabetes Federation criteria in a Hungarian population , 2006, Blood pressure.

[36]  B. Choi,et al.  Educational disparities in the metabolic syndrome in a rapidly changing society--the case of South Korea. , 2005, International journal of epidemiology.

[37]  R. D'Agostino,et al.  Metabolic Syndrome as a Precursor of Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus , 2005, Circulation.

[38]  T. Gill,et al.  Population comparison of two clinical approaches to the metabolic syndrome: implications of the new International Diabetes Federation consensus definition. , 2005, Diabetes care.

[39]  Paul Zimmet,et al.  The metabolic syndrome—a new worldwide definition , 2005, The Lancet.

[40]  D. A. Al-Qahtani,et al.  Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Saudi adult soldiers. , 2005, Saudi medical journal.

[41]  N. K. Hung,et al.  The metabolic syndrome: prevalence and risk factors in the urban population of Ho Chi Minh City. , 2005, Diabetes research and clinical practice.

[42]  D. Arveiler,et al.  Household income is associated with the risk of metabolic syndrome in a sex-specific manner. , 2005, Diabetes care.

[43]  J. Shaw,et al.  The metabolic syndrome: prevalence in worldwide populations. , 2004, Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America.

[44]  Qi Zhang,et al.  Socioeconomic inequality of obesity in the United States: do gender, age, and ethnicity matter? , 2004, Social science & medicine.

[45]  B. Balkau,et al.  The incidence and persistence of the NCEP (National Cholesterol Education Program) metabolic syndrome. The French D.E.S.I.R. study. , 2003, Diabetes & metabolism.

[46]  Rajeev Gupta,et al.  Prevalence of diabetes, impaired fasting glucose and insulin resistance syndrome in an urban Indian population. , 2003, Diabetes research and clinical practice.

[47]  Ambady Ramachandran,et al.  Metabolic syndrome in urban Asian Indian adults--a population study using modified ATP III criteria. , 2003, Diabetes research and clinical practice.

[48]  M. Gulliford.  Commentary: epidemiological transition and socioeconomic inequalities in blood pressure in Jamaica. , 2003, International journal of epidemiology.

[49]  C. Agardh,et al.  Socio‐demographic and psychosocial factors are associated with features of the metabolic syndrome. The Women's Health in the Lund Area (WHILA) study , 2003, Diabetes, obesity & metabolism.

[50]  L. Tappy,et al.  Dietary and lifestyle interventions in the management of the metabolic syndrome: present status and future perspective , 2002, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

[51]  P. Nilsson,et al.  Frequency of the WHO metabolic syndrome in European cohorts, and an alternative definition of an insulin resistance syndrome. , 2002, Diabetes & metabolism.

[52]  J. Wardle,et al.  Sex differences in the association of socioeconomic status with obesity. , 2002, American journal of public health.

[53]  W. Dietz,et al.  Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among US adults: findings from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. , 2002, JAMA.

[54]  J. Wardle,et al.  Nutrition knowledge and food intake , 2000, Appetite.

[55]  E. Lund,et al.  Relationship between dietary habits, age, lifestyle, and socio-economic status among adult Norwegian women. The Norwegian Women and Cancer Study , 1998, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

[56]  Robert Murphy,et al.  Socioeconomic Status and Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factor Trends The Minnesota Heart Survey , 1993, Circulation.

[57]  J E Keil,et al.  Socioeconomic factors and cardiovascular disease: a review of the literature. , 1993, Circulation.

[58]  N. Al-Baghli,et al.  Awareness of cardiovascular disease in eastern Saudi Arabia , 2010, Journal of family & community medicine.

[59]  N. Unwin,et al.  Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Executive Summary of the Third Report of the National , 2009 .

[60]  L. Bisanti,et al.  Metabolic syndrome and cancer risk. , 2008, European journal of cancer.

[61]  Ichiro Kawachi,et al.  Socioeconomic disparities in metabolic syndrome differ by gender: evidence from NHANES III. , 2007, Annals of epidemiology.

[62]  A. Musaiger.  Overweight and Obesity in the Arab Countries: The Need for Action , 2007 .

[63]  E. Tai,et al.  The metabolic syndrome in Chinese, Malays and Asian Indians. Factor analysis of data from the 1998 Singapore National Health Survey. , 2005, Diabetes research and clinical practice.

[64]  H. Minuk,et al.  Metabolic syndrome. , 2005, Journal of insurance medicine.

[65]  A. Drewnowski,et al.  Poverty and obesity: the role of energy density and energy costs. , 2004, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

[66]  M. Rguibi,et al.  Overweight and obesity among urban Sahraoui women of South Morocco. , 2004, Ethnicity & disease.

[67]  M. Rguibi,et al.  Overweight and Obesity Among Urban Sahraoui Women in Southern Morocco , 2004 .

[68]  J. Mckenney,et al.  Executive Summary of The Third Report of The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, And Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol In Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). , 2001, JAMA.