Differences in Body Fat Distribution Play a Role in the Lower Levels of Elevated Fasting Glucose amongst Ghanaian Migrant Women Compared to Men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Nicolaou, Mary ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a   Busschers, Wim B ^a   van Valkengoed, Irene G ^a   Dijkshoorn, Henriette ^b   Boateng, Linda ^a   Brewster, Lizzy M ^a   Snijder, Marieke B ^a   Stronks, Karien ^a   Agyemang, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NETHERLANDS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET RESTRICTION; GHANA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879224869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066516     Document Type: Article

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