Glycaemic control, dyslipidaemia and metabolic syndrome among recently diagnosed diabetes mellitus patients in tamale teaching hospital, Ghana;Le Contrôle de Glycaemic, Dyslipidaemia et le Syndrome du Métabolisme parmi le Diabète Récemment Diagnostiqué les Patients de Mellitus dans Tamale l'Enseignement de l'Hôpital, le Ghana

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-11

  Titty, Felix Val Kwaku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes mellitus; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GHANA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; BLOOD; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957345994     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v29i1.55946     Document Type: Article

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