State of diabetes, hypertension, and comorbidity in Kuwait: Showcasing the trends as seen in native versus expatriate populations

Diabetes Care

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Channanath, Arshad Mohamed ^a   Farran, Bassam ^a   Behbehani, Kazem ^a   Thanaraj, Thangavel Alphonse ^a  

^a DASMAN DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KUWAIT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878259828     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc12-2451     Document Type: Letter

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