Urban environment as an independent predictor of insulin resistance in a South Asian population

Urban environment as an independent predictor of insulin resistance in a South Asian population

Background: Developing countries, such as India, are experiencing rapid urbanization, which may have a major impact on the environment: including worsening air and water quality, noise and the problems of waste disposal. We used health data from an ongoing cohort study based in southern India to exa...

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Main Authors: Brugge, D. (Author), Fuller, C.H (Author), Harivanzan, V. (Author), Lane, K.J (Author), Sunderarajan, J. (Author), Thanikachalam, M. (Author), Thanikachalam, S. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2019
Subjects:
adult
Adult
Asian continental ancestry group
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
blood
cohort analysis
Cohort Studies
developing world
diabetes
Diabetes
diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
disease incidence
disease resistance
environmental factor
ethnology
female
Female
forecasting
Forecasting
health survey
HOMA-IR
homeostasis
human
Humans
India
insulin resistance
Insulin resistance
Insulin Resistance
male
Male
middle aged
Middle Aged
physiology
Population Surveillance
procedures
public health
risk factor
Risk Factors
South Asia
Urban
urban area
urban population
Urban Population
urbanization
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