Female gender is a social determinant of diabetes in the Caribbean: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Sobers Grannum, Natasha ^a   Murphy, Madhuvanti M ^a   Nielsen, Anders ^a   Guell, Cornelia ^a,b   Samuels, T Alafia ^a   Bishop, Lisa ^a   Unwin, Nigel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARIBBEAN; DIABETES CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCOME; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RACE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA;

CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS;

EID: 84930658542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126799     Document Type: Review

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