The magnitude of diabetes and its association with obesity in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya: Results from a cross-sectional survey

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1520-1530

  Oti, Samuel O ^a,b   van de Vijver, Steven J M ^a,b   Agyemang, Charles ^b   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology; Kenya; Obesity; Overweight; Raised blood glucose; Slum; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BLOOD; DIABETES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLUCOSE; HEALTH SURVEY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KENYA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RAISED BLOOD GLUCOSE; SLUM; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84888002412     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12200     Document Type: Article

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