Ethnic differences and determinants of diabetes and central obesity among South Asians of Pakistan

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 716-723

  Jafar, T H ^a,b,c   Levey, A S ^c   White, F M ^a   Gul, A ^a   Jessani, S ^a   Khan, A Q ^d   Jafary, F H ^b   Schmid, C H ^c   Chaturvedi, N ^e  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Pakistan Medical Research Council   (Pakistan)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3142722829     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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