High prevalence of diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome in a South African coloured population: Baseline data of a study in Bellville, Cape Town

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 841-844

  Erasmus, Rajiv T ^a   Soita, David J ^b   Hassan, Mogamat S ^a,b   Blanco Blanco, Ernesto ^c   Vergotine, Zelda ^a,b   Kengne, Andre P ^d   Matsha, Tandi E ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREDIABETIC STATE; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84868269746     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.5670     Document Type: Article

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