Prevalence of type 2 diabetes and its association with measures of body composition among African residents in the Netherlands - The HELIUS study

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 137-146

  Meeks, Karlijn A C ^a   Stronks, Karien ^a   Beune, Erik J A J ^a   Adeyemo, Adebowale ^b   Henneman, Peter ^a   Mannens, Marcel M A M ^a   Nicolaou, Mary ^a   Peters, Ron J G ^a   Rotimi, Charles N ^b   Snijder, Marieke B ^a   Agyemang, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africans; Body fat; Body fat distribution; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUTCHMAN; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GHANAIAN; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SURINAMESE; WAIST HIP RATIO; AGED; BLACK PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GHANA; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84948799215     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2015.09.017     Document Type: Article

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