Trends in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Asians versus whites: Results from the United States National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2008

Diabetes Care

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 353-357

  Lee, Ji Won R ^a   Brancati, Frederick L ^a,b   Yeh, Hsin Chieh ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951719256     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-0746     Document Type: Article

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