The contribution of excess weight to prevalent diabetes in Canadian adults

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-276

  Jiang, Ying ^a   Chen, Yue ^b   Mao, Yang ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Diabetes; Logistic regression model; Population attributable risk; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DIABETES; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 39449109564     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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