Prevalence, risk factors and complications associated with type 2 diabetes in migrant South Asians

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-24

  Garduño Diaz, Sara D ^a   Khokhar, Santosh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Migrants; Retinopathy; Risk factors; South Asians; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENERGY; ETHNICITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH ASIA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ASIA; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84855379235     PISSN: 15207552     EISSN: 15207560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.1219     Document Type: Review

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