Cardiovascular disease risk factors in the South Asian population living in Kuwait: A cross-sectional study

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 531-539

  Elkum, N ^a   Al Arouj, M ^a   Sharifi, M ^a   Behbehani, K ^a   Bennakhi, A ^a  

^a DASMAN DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84898918139     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12386     Document Type: Article

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