Diabetes and associated complications in the South Asian population

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Shah, Arti ^a   Kanaya, Alka M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes complications; Diabetes prevention; Diabetes risk factors; Genetics of diabetes; South asians; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LEPTIN; METFORMIN; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO;

ALBUMINURIA; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; REVIEW; SOUTH ASIA; URBANIZATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METABOLISM; PREVALENCE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84897456355     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-014-0476-5     Document Type: Review

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