Risk of noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus conferred by obesity and central adiposity in different ethnic groups: A comparative analysis between Asian Indians, Mexican Americans and Whites

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-125

  Ramachandran, A ^a   Snehalatha, C ^a   Viswanathan, Vijay ^a   Viswanathan, M ^a   Haffner, S M ^b  

^a Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Asian Indians; Epidemiology; Impaired glucose tolerance; Mexican Americans; Non Hispanic Whites; Noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030872076     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(97)00040-5     Document Type: Article

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