Diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in a rural area in Pakistan and associated risk factors

Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-130

  Zahid, Naeem ^a   Claussen, Bjørgulf ^a   Hussain, Akhtar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Pakistan; Rural

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 43049109907     PISSN: 18714021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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