Rising Diabetes Prevalence among Urban-Dwelling Black South Africans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Peer, Nasheeta ^a   Steyn, Krisela ^b   Lombard, Carl ^a   Lambert, Estelle V ^b   Vythilingum, Bavanisha ^b   Levitt, Naomi S ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIFE EVENT; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICAN; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84866027596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043336     Document Type: Article

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