Prevalence of impaired glucose regulation in asymptomatic Kuwaiti young adults

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-55

  Alattar, Abdulnabi ^a   Al Majed, Hana ^b   Almuaili, Thaier ^a   Almutairi, Obaid ^a   Shaghouli, Amnah ^a   Altorah, Wehad ^a  

^a AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Impaired glucose regulation; Kuwait; Obesity; Oral glucose tolerance test; Waist circumference; Young adults

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE REGULATION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955162737     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330024     Document Type: Article

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