Ethnicity is an independent risk indicator when estimating diabetes risk with FINDRISC scores: A cross sectional study comparing immigrants from the Middle East and native Swedes.

Summary, in English

This study sought to compare type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk indicators in Iraqi immigrants with those in ethnic Swedes living in southern Sweden.

• Author: Louise Bennet; Leif Groop; Ulf Lindblad; Carl-David Agardh; Paul Franks
• Department/s: Family Medicine and Community Medicine; Translational Muscle Research; Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö; Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology; EXODIAB: Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publishing year: 2014
• Language: English
• Pages: 231-238
• Publication/Series: Primary Care Diabetes
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 3
• Full text: - 461 kB; Download statistics
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24472421?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2014.01.002
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Endocrinology and Diabetes
• Status: Published
• Project: The MEDIM project
• Research group: Family Medicine and Community Medicine; Genomics, Diabetes and Endocrinology; Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1878-0210