Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 126-133 , November 2005

C-reactive protein level as an independent risk factor of metabolic syndrome in the Korean population: CRP as risk factor of metabolic syndrome

  • S. Lim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • H.K. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • K.C. Kimm

      Affiliations

    • Korean National Genome Institute, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • C. Park
    • ,
  • C. Shin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Ansan, Korea
    • ,
  • N.H. Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, #5 Wonchon-Dong, Youngtong-Gu, Suwon 442-749, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 31 219 5900; fax: +82 31 219 5901.

Received 18 October 2004 ,Revised 15 February 2005 ,Accepted 28 February 2005.

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☆ Part of data from this manuscript was presented at the Fourth Congress of Asia Pacific of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Diseases, Indonesia, 9th May, 2004, and the first winner of the young investigator award was received.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2005.02.020

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 126-133 , November 2005

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