Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with obesity, smoking and low socioeconomic status in large and representative samples of rural, urban, and suburban adult Greek populations

Hormones

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 458-467

  Tentolouris, Nicholas ^a   Andrianakos, Alexandros ^b   Karanikolas, Georgios ^b   Karamitsos, Dimitrios ^b   Trontzas, Panagiotis ^b   Krachtis, Petros ^b   Christoyannis, Fotis ^b   Tavaniotou, Elpiniki ^b   Nikolia, Zouboulio ^b   Kaskani, Evaggelia ^b   Kontelis, Leonidas ^b   Sfikakis, Petros P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Foundation for Rheumatological Research   (Greece)

Author keywords

2 Diabetes mellitus; Obesity; Risk factors; Socioeconomic status; Type greece

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84872000838     PISSN: 11093099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14310/horm.2002.1378     Document Type: Article

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