Socio-economic Realities in a Rural Filipino Community Lead to Volunteer Bias in a Survey of Diabetes, Prediabetes and Metabolic Syndrome

• Main Authors: Mark Anthony Santiago Sandoval (Author), Elizabeth Paz-Pacheco (Author), Gregory Joseph Ryan Ardena (Author), Frances Lina Lantion-Amg (Author), Elizabeth Paterno (Author), Noel Juban (Author), Cecilia Jimeno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Social Medicine Publication Group, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A survey was done to determine the prevalence of diabetes, prediabetes and metabolic syndrome in the rural town of San Juan, Batangas in the Philippines since there is limited data on these conditions in the rural areas of the country. However, volunteer bias has hampered the accurate determination...