Prevalence of obesity and systemic hypertension among diabetes mellitus patients attending an out-patient diabetes clinic in a Ghanaian Teaching Hospital

Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 67-71

  Mogre, Victor ^a   Abedandi, Robert ^a   Salifu, Zenabankara S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Ghana; Hypertension; Obesity; Overweight; Tamale

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GHANA; GHANAIAN TEACHING HOSPITAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNDERWEIGHT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 84902294251     PISSN: 18714021     EISSN: 18780334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2014.04.036     Document Type: Article

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