Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in South Asians

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-56

  Gholap, Nitin ^a,b   Davies, Melanie ^b   Patel, Kiran ^c   Sattar, Naveed ^d   Khunti, Kamlesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; South Asians; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; GENE INTERACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH ASIA; STROKE;

EID: 79952709075     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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