Five-year incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus among cardiovascular disease-free Greek adults: Findings from the ATTICA study

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 691-698

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a,c   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Skoumas, Yannis ^b   Lentzas, Yannis ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Incidence; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREECE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47849083952     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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