Publications by authors named "Asma Daouas"
Objective: To measure the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in the HSHS cohort (Hammam Sousse, Tunisia), in 2009, and to identify its determining factors.
Methods: This was a descriptive epidemiological study of the "community based" type having focused on a random sample of people aged 20 and over. The metabolic syndrome was defined according to the criteria of the "International Diabetes Federation" (IDF 2005) and those of the "National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III" (NCEP-ATP III, 2001).