Ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease risk factors and diabetes status for Pacific ethnic groups and Europeans in the Diabetes Heart and Health Survey (DHAH) 2002-2003, Auckland New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1281, 2008, Pages 28-39

  Sundborn, Gerhard ^a   Metcalf, Patricia A ^a   Gentles, Dudley ^a   Scragg, Robert K R ^a   Schaaf, David ^a   Dyall, Lorna ^a   Black, Peter ^a   Jackson, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF EVALUATION; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 53049100378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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