High prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in India: National Urban Diabetes Survey

Diabetologia

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1094-1101

  Ramachandran, A ^a   Snehalatha, C ^a   Kapur, A ^a   Vijay, V ^a   Mohan, V ^a   Das, A K ^a   Rao, P V ^a   Yajnik, C S ^a   Prasanna Kumar, K M ^a   Nair, J D ^a  

^a Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

Author keywords

Asian indians; Burden of diabetes; Impaired glucose tolerance; Type II diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 17944380810     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250100627     Document Type: Article

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