Westernization of the Filipino population resident in Rome: Obesity, diabetes and hypertension

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 364-370

  Gentilucci, Umberto Vespasiani ^a   Picardi, Antonio ^a,b   Manfrini, Silvia ^b   Khazrai, Yeganeh Manon ^b   Fioriti, Elvira ^b   Altomare, Maria ^b   Guglielmi, Chiara ^b   di Stasio, Enrico ^c   Pozzilli, Paolo ^b,d  

^a Interdisciplinary Center for Biomedical Research CIR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Filipinos; Hypertension; Italy; Obesity; Westernization

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FILIPINO; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; ITALY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; ROME;

EID: 49449095366     PISSN: 15207552     EISSN: 15207560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.807     Document Type: Article

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