Characterization of type 2 diabetes mellitus in first generation Italian migrants to Belgium

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 362-368

  Selvais, P L ^a,b,d   Hermans, M P ^c  

^a CH Hornu Frameries   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^d NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Diabetes mellitus; Ethnicity; HOMA; Italy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METFORMIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC OBESITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC RISK; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; ITALY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MICROALBUMINURIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SITTING; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 32344433037     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2005.054     Document Type: Article

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