High prevalence of diabetes, obesity and dyslipidaemia in urban slum population in northern India

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1722-1729

  Misra, A ^a   Pandey, R M ^a   Rama Devi, J ^a   Sharma, R ^a   Vikram, N K ^a   Khanna, Nidhi ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Asian Indian people; Body fat; Diabetes mellitus; Hypercholesterolaemia; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035167544     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801748     Document Type: Article

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