High prevalence of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in urban Latin America: The CARMELA Study

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 864-871

  Escobedo, J ^a,b   Buitron L V ^b   Velasco, M F ^c   Ramirez J C ^b   Hernandez R ^d   MacChia, A ^e   Pellegrini, F ^e   Schargrodsky, H ^f   Boissonnet, C ^g   Champagne, B M ^h  

^a Mexican Social Security Institute ^*  (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL METROPOLITANO   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

^e Santa Maria Imbaro   (Italy)

^f HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^g CEMIC   (Argentina)

^h InterAmerican Heart Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Cardiovascular risk factors; Carotid intima media thickness; Impaired fasting glucose; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMPAIRED FASTING GLUCOSE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 69249244276     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02795.x     Document Type: Article

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