The association of age, gender, ethnicity, family history, obesity and hypertension with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Trinidad

Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 91-95

  Shivananda Nayak, B ^a   Sobrian, Arianne ^a   Latiff, Khalif ^a   Pope, Danielle ^a   Rampersad, Akash ^a   Lourenço, Kodi ^a   Samuel, Nichole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Age; Body mass index (BMI); Ethnicity; Family history; Gender; On the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus; Waist circumference and hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84902266347     PISSN: 18714021     EISSN: 18780334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2014.04.018     Document Type: Article

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