Metabolic syndrome among Indigenous Siberians ORIGINAL ARTICLE Impaired fasting glucose and metabolic syndrome in an Indigenous Siberian population

• Main Authors: J. Josh Snodgrass, William R. Leonard, Larissa A. Tarskaia, Aitalina G. Egorova, Natalia V. Maharova, Irina A. Pinigina, Simeon D. Halyev, Niurguyana P. Matveeva, Anna N. Romanova
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Sakha; Tyungyulyu; Sakha Republic; Yakut; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.379.7400; http://www.pinniped.net/snodgrass2010ijch.pdf

Objectives. This study investigated the lifestyle and anthropometric correlates of impaired fasting glucose and the presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among an Indigenous high-latitude herding population from north-eastern Siberia. Study Design. Cross-sectional study of Yakut (Sakha) adult volunt...