Distribution and correlates of total impaired fasting glucose in Oman

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-389

  Al Riyami, A A ^a   Afifi, M ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; OMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 17144420161     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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