Cardiovascular risk factors in Assyrians/Syrians and native Swedes with type 2 diabetes: A population-based epidemiological study

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Taloyan, Marina ^a   Wajngot, Alexandre ^b   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a   Tovi, Jonas ^b   Sundquist, Jan ^a,c  

^a Lund University   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SWEDEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; SYRIA; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 71049131216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-8-59     Document Type: Article

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