Chapter-10 The Obesity-Diabetes Link in South Asian Indians: Risk Factors, Mechanisms and Genetics
BOOK TITLE: Type 2 Diabetes in South Asian: Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Prevention
Author
1. Gross Myron D
ISBN
9788180619366
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10994_10
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2007
Pages
11
Author Affiliations
1.
University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA, e-mail: gross@epi.umn.edu
Chapter keywords
Obesity-diabetes link in South Asian Indians,
Risk factors of obesity-diabetes link,
Risk factors specific to Indians,
bmi categories stratified by ethnicity and sex,
mean (se) of waist to weight ratio by sex and population,
Mexican American men,
Caucasian men and white women,
Endocrine activity of adipose tissue,
Mechanism of the obesity-diabetes link,
The obesity-diabetes link genetics,
Prevention of the obesity-diabetes link