Higher-than-optimal body mass index and diabetes mortality in the Asia Pacific region

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 471-476

  Martiniuk, Alexandra L C ^a,b   Lee, Crystal M Y ^a   Colagiuri, Stephen ^a   Woodward, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific region; Body mass index; Diabetes; Population attributable fraction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AMERICAN SAMOA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIJI; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; JAPAN; KIRIBATI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MONGOLIA; MORTALITY; NAURU; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH EAST ASIA; SOUTH KOREA; THAILAND; TOKELAU; WESTERN ASIA PACIFIC REGION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955162974     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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