Quantifying the excess risk of type 2 diabetes by body habitus measurements among Australian aborigines living in remote areas

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 585-586

  Kondalsamy Chennakesavan, Srinivas ^a,c   Hoy, Wendy E ^a   Wang, Zhiqiang ^a   Shaw, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44449137626     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1156     Document Type: Article

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