Incidence of NIDDM and the effects of gender, obesity and hyperinsulinaemia in Taiwan

Diabetologia

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1431-1438

  Wang, S L ^a   Pan, W H ^a,f   Hwu, C M ^b,c   Ho, L T ^b,c   Lo, C H ^d   Lin, S L ^e   Jong, Y S ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Provincial Hsin Chu Hospital   (Taiwan)

^e Provincial Pu Tzu Hospital   (Taiwan)

^f ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Incidence; Insulin blood; Non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; Obesity; Risk factors; Taiwan epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INCIDENCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0031438062     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050846     Document Type: Article

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