Type 2 diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance and associated factors in a rural palestinian village

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 746-748

  Husseini, A ^a,c   Abdul Rahim, H ^a,c   Awartani, F ^a   Giacaman, R ^a   Jervell, J ^b   Bjertness, E ^c  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Palestinian population; Prevalence; Risk factors; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PALESTINE; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033739589     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2000.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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