Incidence of type 2 diabetes in two Indigenous Australian populations: A 6-year follow-up study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 562-565

  McDermott, Robyn A ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Campbell, Sandra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 77952727036     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03636.x     Document Type: Article

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