The Metabolic Syndrome: Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Impact on Survival among Older Persons in Rural Bangladesh

• Masuma Akter Khanam ,

  * E-mail: masuma@icddrb.org

  Affiliations ICDDR,B Knowledge for Global Lifesaving Solutions, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Aging Research Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Chengxuan Qiu,

  Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Aging Research Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Wietze Lindeboom,

  Affiliation ICDDR,B Knowledge for Global Lifesaving Solutions, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Peter Kim Streatfield,

  Affiliation ICDDR,B Knowledge for Global Lifesaving Solutions, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Zarina Nahar Kabir,

  Affiliation Division of Nursing, NVS, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Åke Wahlin

  Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Aging Research Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

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