Higher Gravidity and Parity Are Associated with Increased Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among Rural Bangladeshi Women

• Shamima Akter,

  Affiliations Health & Disease Research Center for Rural Peoples (HDRCRP), 14/15, Probal Housing Ltd., Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh , National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Subrina Jesmin ,

  * E-mail: jsubrina@hdrcrp.org

  Affiliation Health & Disease Research Center for Rural Peoples (HDRCRP), 14/15, Probal Housing Ltd., Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Md. Mizanur Rahman,

  Affiliations Health & Disease Research Center for Rural Peoples (HDRCRP), 14/15, Probal Housing Ltd., Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh , Department of Global Health Policy, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Md. Majedul Islam,

  Affiliation Health & Disease Research Center for Rural Peoples (HDRCRP), 14/15, Probal Housing Ltd., Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Most. Tanzila Khatun,

  Affiliation Health & Disease Research Center for Rural Peoples (HDRCRP), 14/15, Probal Housing Ltd., Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Naoto Yamaguchi,

  Affiliation Health & Disease Research Center for Rural Peoples (HDRCRP), 14/15, Probal Housing Ltd., Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Hidechika Akashi,

  Affiliation National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Taro Mizutani