Prevalence of type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors in a semirural area in Yemen

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-56

  Gunaid, A A ^a   Assabri, A M ^a  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; STANDARDIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YEMEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBAN HEALTH; YEMEN;

EID: 44449138414     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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