Cardiovascular risk factors in the normoglycaemic Asian-Indian population-influence of urbanisation

Diabetologia

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 596-599

  Snehalatha, C ^a   Ramachandran, A ^a  

^a Dr A Ramachandran's Diabetes Hospitals   (India)

Author keywords

Asian Indian; Cardiovascular risk; Dyslipidaemia; Hypertension; Plasma glucose; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449235215     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-009-1279-x     Document Type: Article

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