Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in a group of urban adults in Nigeria

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 293-301

  Olatunbosun, Samuel T ^a   Ojo, Philip O ^b   Fineberg, Naomi S ^b   Bella, Andrew F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology; Impaired glucose tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032061523     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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