Women show worse control of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk factors than men: Results from the MIND.IT Study Group of the Italian Society of Diabetology

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-241

  Franzini, L ^a   Ardigo D ^a   Cavalot, F ^b   Miccoli, R ^c   Rivellese, A A ^d   Trovati, M ^b   Zavaroni, I ^a   Vaccaro, O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; CVD primary prevention; Gender; Type 2 diabetes; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84875272041     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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