Relationship between BMI and age at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in a Mediterranean area in the period of 1990-2004

Diabetes Care

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1593-1595

  Giḿenez, Marga ^a   Aguilera, Eva ^b   Castell, Conxa ^c   De Lara, Nuria ^c   Nicolau, Joana ^a   Conget, Ignacio ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^c Consell Assessor Per a la Diabetis a Catalunya ^*  (Spain)

^d Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; SPAIN;

EID: 34249896923     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-2578     Document Type: Article

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