Impact of Hypertension on the Association of BMI with Risk and Age at Onset of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Age- and Gender-Mediated Modifications

AIMS: Given that BMI correlates with risk of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and that hypertension is a common comorbid condition, we hypothesize that hypertension augments significantly the impact of obesity on T2DM onset. METHODS: We obtained data on T2DM in Kuwaiti natives from Kuwait Health Net...

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Autores principales: Channanath, Arshad Mohamed, Farran, Bassam, Behbehani, Kazem, Thanaraj, Thangavel Alphonse
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24743162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095308

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24743162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095308

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