Epidemiology of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in africa

Journal of Cardiovascular Risk

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-83

  Motala, Ayesha A ^a   Omar, Mahomed A K ^a   Pirie, Fraser J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diabetes in Africa; Epidemiology; Impaired glucose tolerance; Pathogenesis; Prevalence; Risk factors; Type 1 diabetes; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; PANCREAS ISLET CELL ANTIBODY; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B8 ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; DIET; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY CONSTITUTION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY CONSTITUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0042201881     PISSN: 13506277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043798-200304000-00002     Document Type: Review

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