Fasting plasma glucose as a screening test for diabetes and its relationship with cardiovascular risk factors in Hong Kong Chinese

Diabetes Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 170-172

  Ko, Gary T C ^a   Chan, Juliana C N ^a   Lau, Edith ^a   Woo, Jean ^a   Cockram, Clive S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031024772     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.20.2.170     Document Type: Article

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