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Prevalence and treatment of diabetes mellitus and hypertension among older adults with intellectual disability in comparison with the general population

BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are risk factors for cardiovascular disease, which is the most common cause of death in the world. People with intellectual disability (ID) have been reported to have high rates of both these disorders. The aim of this study was to describe and compare...

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Autores principales: Axmon, Anna, Ahlström, Gerd, Höglund, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5701367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29169334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0658-2