Independent effect of ethnicity on glycemia in South Asians and white Europeans

Diabetes Care

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1746-1748

  Mostafa, Samiul A ^a   Davies, Melanie J ^a   Webb, David R ^a   Srinivasan, Balasubramanian Thiagarajan ^a   Gray, Laura J ^a   Khunti, Kamlesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOMEOSTATIC MODEL ASSESSMENT OF BETA CELL FUNCTION; HUMAN; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SOUTH ASIAN;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84864381147     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-2079     Document Type: Article

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