Screening for diabetes in kuwait and evaluation of risk scores;Dépistage du diabète au koweït et évaluation des scores de risque

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 725-731

  Al Khalaf, M M ^a   Eid, M M ^a   Najjar, H A ^a   Alhajry, K M ^a   Doi, S A ^a   Thalib, L ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77955018926     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.7.725     Document Type: Article

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