Assessment of risk for Type 2 diabetes mellitus in a Caribbean population with high diabetes-related morbidity

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 387-391

  Austin, M ^a   Fanovich, T ^a   Joseph, S ^a   Ryan, D ^a   Ramdath, D D ^a   Pereira, Pinto L M ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 16844367102     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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