Serum lipid and lipoprotein levels in Ghanaians with diabetes mellitus and hypertension

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-196

  Nyarko, Alex ^a   Adubofour, Kwabena ^a,b   Ofei, Francis ^a   Kpodonu, John ^a   Owusu, Samuel ^a  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b 1839 S Eldorado St ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Ghanaians; Hypertension; Lipids; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031090818     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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