Quantifying the excess risk for proteinuria, hypertension and diabetes in Australian Aborigines: Comparison of profiles in three remote communities in the Northern Territory with those in the AusDiab study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-183

  Hoy, Wendy E ^a,f   Kondalsamy Chennakesavan, Srinivas ^a   Wang, Zhiqiang ^a   Briganti, Esther ^b   Shaw, Jonathan ^c   Polkinghorne, Kevan ^d   Chadban, Steven ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Aborigine; Diabetes; Health surveys; Hypertension; Prevalence; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROTEINURIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34247395729     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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