Cross-sectional association between total level and type of alcohol consumption and glycosylated haemoglobin level: The epic-norfolk study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 882-890

  Harding, A H ^a   Sargeant, L A ^b   Khaw, K T ^a   Welch, A ^a   Oakes, S ^a   Luben, R N ^a   Bingham, S ^a   Day, N E ^a   Wareham, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology; Glycosylated haemoglobin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FAMILY HISTORY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; WINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036737975     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601408     Document Type: Article

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