The association of modernization with dyslipidaemia and changes in lipid levels in the Polynesian population of Western Samoa

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 297-306

  Hodge, Allison M ^a   Dowse, Gary K ^b   Toelupe, Palanitina ^c   Collins, Veronica R ^a   Zimmet, Paul Z ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Midwest Public Health Unit   (Australia)

^c Department of Health ^*  (Samoa)

Author keywords

Dyslipidaemia; Lifestyle; Modernization; Obesity; Polynesians

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POLYNESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0030938503     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.2.297     Document Type: Article

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