Prevalence, risk factors, and complications of diabetes in the Kilimanjaro region: A population-based study from Tanzania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Stanifer, John W ^a,b   Cleland, Charles R ^c   Makuka, Gerald Jamberi ^d   Egger, Joseph R ^a   Maro, Venance ^d   Maro, Honest ^c   Karia, Francis ^d   Patel, Uptal D ^a,b   Burton, Matthew J ^e,f   Philippin, Heiko ^c,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991222927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164428     Document Type: Article

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