High prevalence of diabetes in bahrainis: Associations with ethnicity and raised plasma cholesterol

Diabetes Care

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 936-942

  Al Mahroos, Faisal ^a   Mckeigue, Paul M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARABS; BAHRAIN; CHOLESTEROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IRAN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031740114     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.21.6.936     Document Type: Article

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