Reduction in body weight helps to delay the onset of diabetes even in non-obese with strong family history of the disease

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 107-112

  Viswanathan, M ^a   Snehalatha, C ^a   Viswanathan, Vijay ^a   Vidyavathi, P ^a   Indu, J ^a   Ramachandran, A ^a  

^a Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

Author keywords

Glucose intolerance; Prevention of diabetes; Progression to diabetes; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0030907686     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(97)01383-1     Document Type: Article

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