Understanding the High Prevalence of Diabetes in U.S. South Asians Compared With Four Racial/Ethnic Groups: The MASALA and MESA Studies

OBJECTIVE: We compared South Asians with four other racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. to determine whether sociodemographic, lifestyle, or metabolic factors could explain the higher diabetes prevalence and whether insulin resistance and β-cell dysfunction occurred at younger ages and/or lower adiposi...

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Autores principales: Kanaya, Alka M., Herrington, David, Vittinghoff, Eric, Ewing, Susan K., Liu, Kiang, Blaha, Michael J., Dave, Swapna S., Qureshi, Fareeha, Kandula, Namratha R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2014
Materias:
Epidemiology/Health Services Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4030091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24705613
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc13-2656

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