Ethnicity is an independent risk indicator when estimating diabetes risk with FINDRISC scores: A cross sectional study comparing immigrants from the Middle East and native Swedes

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 231-238

  Bennet, L ^a,b   Groop, L ^a,b   Lindblad, U ^c   Agardh, C D ^a   Franks, P W ^a,d,e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

FINDRISC; Incidence; Middle East; Prevalence; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FINDRISC SCORE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IRAQ; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ALGORITHM; ARAB; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84908356898     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: 18780210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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