Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 699-706, June 1996

Clustering of dyslipidemia, hyperuricemia, diabetes, and hypertension and its association with fasting insulin and central and overall obesity in a general population☆

  • Maria Inês Schmidt

      Affiliations

    • From the Departmento de Medicina Social Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA
    • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS USA
    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, USA
    • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
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  • Robert L. Watson

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Robert L. Watson, DVM, PhD, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS 39216-4505
    • From the Departmento de Medicina Social Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA
    • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS USA
    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, USA
    • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
    • ,
  • Bruce B. Duncan

      Affiliations

    • From the Departmento de Medicina Social Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA
    • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS USA
    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, USA
    • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
    • ,
  • Patricia Metcalf

      Affiliations

    • From the Departmento de Medicina Social Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA
    • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS USA
    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, USA
    • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
    • ,
  • Frederick L. Brancati

      Affiliations

    • From the Departmento de Medicina Social Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA
    • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS USA
    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, USA
    • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
    • ,
  • A. Richey Sharrett

      Affiliations

    • From the Departmento de Medicina Social Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA
    • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS USA
    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, USA
    • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
    • ,
  • C.E. Davis

      Affiliations

    • From the Departmento de Medicina Social Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA
    • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS USA
    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, USA
    • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
    • ,
  • Gerardo Heiss

      Affiliations

    • From the Departmento de Medicina Social Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    • Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC USA
    • Division of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS USA
    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, USA
    • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
    • ,
  • for the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study Investigators

Received 18 July 1994; accepted 13 November 1995.

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☆ Supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Contracts No. N01-HC-55015, N01-HC-55016, N01-HC-55018, N01-HC-55019, N01-HC-55020, N01-HC-55021, and N01-HC-55022, and in part by a fellowship from the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Technológico (M.I.S.), a fellowship from the Brazilian Ministry of Education (B.B.D.), an Overseas Research Fellowship from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (P.M.), and a Career Development Award from the American Diabetes Association (F.L.B.).

PII: S0026-0495(96)90134-1

Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 699-706, June 1996

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