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Prevalence of diabetes among Han, Manchu and Korean ethnicities in the Mudanjiang area of China: a cross-sectional survey.
BMC public health - 10 Jan 2012
Feng Yan, Yang Yumei, Ma Xuesong, Chen Kaiting, Wu Nannan, Wang Dongmei, Li Pengjie, Wang Minnan, Li Qiang, Zhang Jinchao
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BACKGROUND: Rapid socioeconomic development resulting in changing lifestyles and life expectancy appears to be accompanied by an increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes. Genetic predisposition related to ethnicity is a major determinant of diabetes risk. This study investigates the prevalences of diabetes and prediabetes in different ethnic populations residing in the Mudanjiang area located in the northeast of...
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