Background The management of diabetes necessitates the requirement of reliable health
indices, specifically biomarkers and anthropometric measures, to detect the presence or …

Ghana is undergoing a rapid epidemiological transition from solely communicable to a
double burden of infectious and chronic disease such as hypertension. Aims: We aimed to …

Abstract Aims/Introduction The aim of the present study was to analyze the strength of
association between fasting plasma glucose (FPG), 2‐h postprandial glucose (2h PPG) …

Objectives Abdominal obesity is more closely associated with diabetes than general obesity
in adults, however, it is unknown which kind of obesity is more closely associated with …

Background The burden of diabetes mellitus in Sub-Saharan Africa is growing rapidly, and
yet the prevalence and patient characteristics are still largely unknown. Objectives We …

目的探讨2 型糖尿病患者腰臀比与颈部动脉硬化的关系. 方法717 例2 型糖尿病患者进行颈部
超声检查, 并根据腰臀比的四分位将患者分为4 组: 第1 四分位组(n= 178), 第2 四分位组(n: 180) …

Abstract Purpose of the Review Causality has been demonstrated for few of the many
putative risk factors for type 2 diabetes (T2D) emerging from observational epidemiology …

目的: 日本TOPICS16 研究表明更高的空腹血糖预测高血压发生的风险, 而糖化血红蛋白则无
预测作用. 本研究的目的是了解基础糖化血红蛋白水平是否与高血压发病相关. 方法入选4586 …

Despite the extensive use of anthropometric indices in the risk prediction of hypertension,
there is lack of consensus on the type and the optimal threshold to be used. This current …

Assessing the Prevalence of Hypertension and Obesity among Diabetics in the Tamale
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