Lifestyle changes after oral glucose tolerance test improve glucose intolerance in community-dwelling elderly people after 1 year

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 767-769

  Okumiya, Kiyohito ^a   Ishine, Masayuki ^b   Wada, Taizo ^b   Fujisawa, Michiko ^b   Otsuka, Kuniaki ^c   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONG TERM CARE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41549094125     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01617.x     Document Type: Letter

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