Prevalence and risk factors for self-reported diabetes among adult men and women in India: Findings from a national cross-sectional survey

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1065-1077

  Agrawal, Sutapa ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; India; Men; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84864144190     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011002813     Document Type: Review

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