Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its risk factors in urban communities of north Sudan: Population-based study

Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 839-846

  Elmadhoun, Wadie M ^a   Noor, Sufian K ^a   Ibrahim, Abd Alaziz A ^b   Bushara, Sarra O ^a   Ahmed, Mohamed H ^c  

^a NILE VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^b Federal Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^c MILTON KEYNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diabetes mellitus; obesity; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84991018181     PISSN: 17530393     EISSN: 17530407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-0407.12364     Document Type: Article

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