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Type 2 diabetes is prevalent and poorly controlled among Hispanic elders of Caribbean origin

Author(s) -

Katherine L. Tucker,

Odilia I. Bermúdez,

Carmen Castañeda

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.90.8.1288

Subject(s) - waist , body mass index , medicine , demography , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , socioeconomic status , ethnic group , gerontology , cross sectional study , circumference , environmental health , population , endocrinology , geometry , mathematics , pathology , sociology , anthropology

We estimated prevalence and control of type 2 diabetes in Puerto Rican, Dominican, and non-Hispanic White (NHW) elders and associated them with sociodemographic and health behavior variables and with body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference.

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