Prevalence of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular risk factors in US Asian Indians: results from a national study

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 145-153

  Misra, Ranjita ^a   Patel, Thakor ^b   Kotha, Purushotham ^c   Raji, Annaswamy ^d   Ganda, Om ^e   Banerji, MaryAnn ^f   Shah, Viral ^f   Vijay, Kris ^g   Mudaliar, Sundar ^c   Iyer, Dinakar ^h   Balasubramanyam, Ashok ^h  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Scottsdale Heart Group   (United States)

^h BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Indian; CVD risk factors; Diabetes prevalence; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMMIGRANT; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREDIABETIC STATE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953229452     PISSN: 10568727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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