Prevalence of diabetes mellitus, glycemic control, and associated factors in a malay population in Singapore

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-398

  Shankar, Anoop ^b   Sabanayagam, Charumathi ^a   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,d   Tai, E Shyong ^e   Lim, Su Chi ^f   Lee, Jeanette Jen Mai ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Control; Diabetes mellitus; Prevalence; Singapore; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; STANDARD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70349932582     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509343958     Document Type: Article

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