Undiagnosed diabetes and impaired glucose regulation in adult Ghanaians using the ADA and WHO diagnostic criteria

Acta Diabetologica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-13

  Amoah, A G B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

ADA; Comparison; Impaired fasting glucose; Impaired glucose tolerance; Prevalence; Type 2 diabetes; Undiagnosed diabetes; WHO criteria

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GHANA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; GHANA; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRIGLYCERIDES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HUMANS;

EID: 0035999496     PISSN: 09405429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005920200006     Document Type: Article

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