Diabetes and associated cardiovascular risk factors in the State of Kuwait: The first national survey

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-96

  Alarouj, M ^a,b   Bennakhi, A ^a,b   Alnesef, Y ^b   Sharifi, M ^a   Elkum, N ^a  

^a DASMAN DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Kuwait)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KUWAIT; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KUWAIT; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871458291     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.12064     Document Type: Article

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