Diabetes mellitus and hypertension in elderly highlanders in Asia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1193-1195

  Okumiya, Kiyohito ^a   Sakamoto, Ryota ^a   Kimura, Yumi ^b   Ishimoto, Yasuko ^b   Wada, Taizo ^c   Ishine, Masayuki ^a   Ishikawa, Motonao ^d   Nakajima, Shun ^d   Hozo, Reiko ^d   Ge, Ri Li ^e   Norboo, Tsering ^f   Otsuka, Kuniaki ^c   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Ladakh Institute of Prevention   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ASIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HIGHLANDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INDIA; LETTER; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBANIZATION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TIBET;

EID: 77953085886     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02862.x     Document Type: Letter

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