Prevalence, correlates and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Lebanon: Findings from a national population-based study

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 408-415

  Costanian, Christy ^a   Bennett, Kathleen ^b   Hwalla, Nahla ^a   Assaad, Shafika ^c   Sibai, Abla M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Complications; Lebanon; Management; Prevalence; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEBANESE; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BLOOD; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84920436908     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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