The burden of diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose in an urban population of Sri Lanka

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 326-332

  Pinidiyapathirage, M J ^a   Kasturiratne, A ^a   Ranawaka, U K ^a   Gunasekara, D ^a   Wijekoon, N ^a   Medagoda, K ^a   Perera, S ^a   Takeuchi, F ^b   Kato, N ^b   Warnakulasuriya, T ^c   Wickremasinghe, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LIPID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SRI LANKA; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FASTING; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SRI LANKA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84874179760     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12013     Document Type: Article

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