Diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance, and hyperinsulinemia in an elderly population: The Rotterdam Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-32

  Stolk, Ronald P ^a,b   Pols, Huibert A P ^a   Lamberts, Steven W J ^a   De Jong, Paulus T V M ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Grobbee, Diederik E ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cohort studies; elderly; obesity; prevalence; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031014133     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009028     Document Type: Article

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