Diabetes in the Caribbean: Results of a population survey from Spanish Town, Jamaica

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 875-883

  Wilks, R ^a   Rotimi, C ^b   Bennett, F ^a   McFarlane Anderson, N ^a   Kaufman, J S ^b   Anderson, S G ^a   Cooper, R S ^b   Cruickshank, J K ^c   Forrester, Terrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Jamaica; Obesity; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAMAICA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 0032732607     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.1999.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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