Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 77, Issue 1 , Pages 99-106 , July 2007

Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among Korean adults using the new International Diabetes Federation definition and the new abdominal obesity criteria for the Korean people

  • Hee Man Kim

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health and Hygiene, Gwangju City Hall, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
    • Management Center for Health Promotion, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Dae Jung Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • In Hyun Jung

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Chanwang Park

      Affiliations

    • Management Center for Health Promotion, Korea Institute of Health and Social Affairs, Gwacheon, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jong Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, 375 Seoseok-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-759, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 62 230 6482; fax: +82 62 225 8293.

Received 15 May 2006 ,Accepted 11 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2006.10.009

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 77, Issue 1 , Pages 99-106 , July 2007

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