Open AccessThe association of modernization with dyslipidaemia and changes in lipid levels in the Polynesian population of Western Samoa
Author(s) -
Allison Hodge,
Gary K. Dowse,
P Toelupe,
V. R. Collins,
Paul Zimmet
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/26.2.297
Subject(s) - modernization theory , population , association (psychology) , demography , american samoa , medicine , geography , environmental health , psychology , political science , cartography , sociology , law , psychotherapist
Obesity and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) have increased in prevalence in Polynesian Western Samoans over the 13-year period 1978-1991, as the population undergoes an 'epidemiological transition'.
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