Prevalence rates of type 2 diabetes and hypertension are elevated among middle-aged Japanese men with colonic diverticulum

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-100

  Sakuta, Hidenari ^a,b   Suzuki, Takashi ^a  

^a Self Defense Forces Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b GSDF Medical School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factor; Colonic diverticulum; Diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34247583456     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.12.97     Document Type: Article

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