Anthropometrical antecedents of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: An age and sex matched comparison study of anthropometric indices in schoolchildren from a high prevalence port moresby community

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 75-80

  Amini, J ^a   Han, A M ^b   Beracochea, E ^b   Bukenya, G ^b   Vince, J D ^b  

^a PORT MORESBY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Papua New Guinea)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Anthropometric indices; Birth weight; Family predisposition; Non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; Precursors; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0030970314     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(97)01371-5     Document Type: Article

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