Classical cardiovascular risk factors in Trinidadian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are not influenced by the level of plasma glycaemia

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 288-293

  Ezenwaka, C E ^a   Offiah, N V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0035570956     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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