Diabetes susceptibility in ethnic minority groups from Turkey, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Pakistan compared with Norwegians - The association with adiposity is strongest for ethnic minority women

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jenum, Anne Karen ^a,b,c   Diep, Lien My ^d   Holmboe Ottesen, Gerd ^e   Holme, Ingar Morten K ^f   Kumar, Bernadette Nirmar ^d   Birkeland, Kåre Inge ^a,e  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Diabetes; Ethnicity; Life course; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORWAY; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SRI LANKA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIET NAM;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; SRI LANKA; TURKEY; VIETNAM;

EID: 84857555198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-150     Document Type: Article

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