Diabetes mellitus in Jamaica: Sex differences in burden, risk factors, awareness, treatment and control in a developing country

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1365-1378

  Cunningham Myrie, Colette ^a,b   Younger Coleman, Novie ^b   Tulloch Reid, Marshall ^b   Mcfarlane, Shelly ^b   Francis, Damian ^b   Ferguson, Trevor ^b   Gordon Strachan, Georgiana ^a   Wilks, Rainford ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Obesity; Population attributable fraction; Prevalence; Sex; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

DIABETES; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIC; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

JAMAICA;

DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POPULATION-ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION; PREVALENCE; SEX; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AWARENESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886310701     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12190     Document Type: Article

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