Rising diabetes prevalence among urban-dwelling black South Africans.

Rising diabetes prevalence among urban-dwelling black South Africans.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of and the association of psychosocial risk factors with diabetes in 25-74-year-old black Africans in Cape Town in 2008/09 and to compare the prevalence with a 1990 study. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A randomly selected cross-sectional sample had oral glucose to...

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Main Authors: Nasheeta Peer, Krisela Steyn, Carl Lombard, Estelle V Lambert, Bavanisha Vythilingum, Naomi S Levitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3433459?pdf=render

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