Prevalence of dysglycemia and other cardiovascular risk factors among the rural population of Oman

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1824-1826

  Barakat, Mohammed N ^a   Youssef, Randa M ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED FASTING GLUCOSE; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SITTING;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OMAN; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 60149105975     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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