Prevalence of microalbuminuria and hypertension in South Asians and white Europeans with type 2 diabetes: A report from the United Kingdom Asian Diabetes Study (UKADS)

Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-25

  Dixon, Anthony N ^a   Raymond, Neil T ^b   Muchal, Shanaz ^a   Rahim, Asad ^a   O'Hare, J Paul ^b   Kumar, Sudhesh ^b   Barnett, Anthony H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian diabetes; Hypertension; Microalbuminuria; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SOUTH ASIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINURIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33745051612     PISSN: 14791641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/dvdr.2006.002     Document Type: Article

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