Diabetes mellitus prevalence is increasing in South Asians but is stable in Chinese living in Singapore and Mauritius

Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 855-864

  Tan, Kristin H X ^a   Barr, Elizabeth L M ^b,c   Koshkina, Vira ^b   Ma, Stefan ^d   Kowlessur, Sudhir ^e   Magliano, Dianna J ^b   Söderberg, Stefan ^f   Chia, Kee Seng ^a   Zimmet, Paul ^b   Lim, Wei Yen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^e Ministry of Health and Quality of Life   (Mauritius)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

diabetes mellitus; obesity; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAURITIUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH ASIAN; TREND STUDY; ASIA; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAURITIUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 85028414965     PISSN: 17530393     EISSN: 17530407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-0407.12497     Document Type: Article

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