Glucose indices, frank and undetected diabetes in relation to hypertension and anthropometry in a South Indian rural population

• Main Authors: Forhad Akhtar Zaman (Author), Ranabir Pal (Author), Gaffar Sarwar Zaman (Author), Indupalli Amruta Swati (Author), Abdul Kayyum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Diabetes has emerged as one of the world's biggest health problems and its prevalence is increasing at an alarming rate. This study was conducted to find out the magnitude of frank and undetected diabetes mellitus, including impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) among persons in rural Karnataka, and...