Ethnic differences among Chinese, Malay and Indian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 154-160

  Hong, Ching Ye ^a,c   Chia, K S ^a   Hughes, K ^a   Ling, S L ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

^c Health Promotion Board Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Body mass index; Diabetes mellitus; Family history; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETIC DIET; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; SINGAPORE;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE;

EID: 2442457774     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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