Ischaemic heart disease in Turkish migrants with type 2 diabetes mellitus in The Netherlands: wait for the next generation?
OBJECTIVE: To study the prevalence of ischaemic heart disease in Turkish and Surinam-Asian migrants with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Netherlands as compared with Europeans. METHODS: In a consecutive case-control study, 59 Turkish and 62 Surinam-Asian patients were compared with 185 Europeans referred to a diabetes clinic for treatment of type 2 diabetes in the period 1992 to 1998. Main outcome measures were ischaemic heart disease and its associated risk factors. RESULTS: The prevalence of ischaemic heart disease was lower (9%) in the Turks (p < 0.02), but higher (29%) in the Surinam-As... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2002 |
Schlagwörter: | Case-Control Studies / Comparative Study / Diabetes Mellitus / Type 2/*complications / Female / Humans / Logistic Models / Male / Middle aged / Multivariate Analysis / Myocardial Ischemia/*ethnology/etiology / Netherlands/epidemiology / Prevalence / Risk Factors / Smoking/adverse effects / Suriname/ethnology / Turkey/ethnology |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26831683 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/10122 |