Explaining the increase of diabetes prevalence and plasma glucose in mauritius

Diabetes Care

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-91

  Magliano, Dianna J ^a   Söderberg, Stefan ^a,b   Zimmet, Paul Z ^a   Chen, Lei ^a   Joonas, Noorjehan ^c   Kowlessur, Sudhir ^c   Larhubarbe, Jose ^c   Gaoneadry, Dhanunjaye ^c   Pauvaday, Vassen ^c   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^d,e,f   Alberti, K George M M ^g   Shaw, Jonathan E ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Ministry of Health and Quality of Life   (Mauritius)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e SOUTH OSTROBOTHNIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^g ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAURITIUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MAURITIUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859099096     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-0886     Document Type: Article

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