Regional Variability of Lifestyle Factors and Hypertension with Prediabetes and Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Population-Based KORA-F4 and SHIP-TREND Studies in Germany.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) shows regional differences in Germany. The purpose of the project was to compare the prevalence of prediabetes and undiagnosed T2D in two regions in Germany, the Northeast and the South, and to evaluate their associations with regional variations in lifestyle factors a...

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Main Authors: Doris Stöckl, Ina-Maria Rückert-Eheberg, Margit Heier, Annette Peters, Sabine Schipf, Christine Krabbe, Henry Völzke, Teresa Tamayo, Wolfgang Rathmann, Christa Meisinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4898825?pdf=render