Diabetes prevalence and body mass index differ by ethnicity: the Multiethnic Cohort.
Diabetes prevalence and body mass index differ by ethnicity: the Multiethnic Cohort.
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Maskarinec, Gertraud and Grandinetti, Andrew and Matsuura, Grace and Sharma, Sangita and Mau, Marjorie and Henderson, Brian E and Kolonel, Laurence N (2009) Diabetes prevalence and body mass index differ by ethnicity: the Multiethnic Cohort. Ethnicity & disease, 19 (1). pp. 49-55.
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Ethnic differences in the prevalence of diabetes persisted after stratification by BMI. The prevalence of diabetes was at least two-fold higher in all ethnic groups than among Caucasians.