Lack of age-related increase in average glycemia in a non-westernized sample of rural Yucatec Maya females

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-121

  McLorg, Penelope A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Body composition; Diet; Glycated blood proteins; HbA1c; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

FAT; FRUCTOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRUCTOSAMINE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE STYLE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 10044273214     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10407     Document Type: Article

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