Prevalence and clustering of metabolic risk factors for type 2 diabetes among Chinese adults in Shanghai, China

• Main Authors: Greenland Sander (Author), Zhang Zuo-Feng (Author), You Nai-Chieh (Author), Song Yiqing (Author), Xu He (Author), Ford Earl S (Author), He Lin (Author), Liu Simin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Type 2 diabetes is becoming an epidemic in China. To evaluate the prevalence, clustering of metabolic risk factors and their impact on type 2 diabetes, we conducted a population-based study in Shanghai, China's largest metropoli...