Ethnicity modifies the association between diabetes mellitus and ischaemic heart disease in Chinese, Malays and Asian Indians living in Singapore

Diabetologia

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2866-2873

  Yeo, K K ^a   Tai, B C ^b   Heng, D ^c   Lee, J M J ^b   Ma, S ^c   Hughes, K ^b   Chew, S K ^c   Chia, K S ^b   Tai, E S ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cardiac complications; Clinical sciences; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE REGISTRY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750902204     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-006-0469-z     Document Type: Article

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