Insulin-requiring diabetes in Ethiopia: Associations with poverty, early undernutrition and anthropometric disproportion

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1192-1198

  Fekadu, S ^a   Yigzaw, M ^b   Alemu, S ^b   Dessie, A ^b   Fieldhouse, H ^c   Girma, T ^a   Trimble, E R ^d   Phillips, D I W ^e   Parry, E H O ^f  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anthropometry; diabetes; ethiopia; insulin dependent; malnutrition; poverty

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; POVERTY; SANITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY AREAS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957854411     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.143     Document Type: Article

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