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Low risk threshold for acquired diabetogenic factors in Asian Indians.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Sept 2004
Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Vijay V
Abstract excerpt
India is facing an epidemic of type 2 diabetes, with high prevalence in urban areas. Urbanisation and associated life style changes adversely affect the risk factors for diabetes unmasking the high genetic tendency existing in the population. Various epidemiological studies in Indians have shown that the increasing prevalence of diabetes could be attributed to a high genetic risk and lower risk thresholds for...
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