15 Oct
Metabolic Syndrome in Native African Type-2 Diabetic Patients
INTRODUCTION Clustered metabolic cardiovascular risk factors, including type-2 diabetes mellitus, essential hypertension, obesity, dyslipidemia and ischemic heart disease, known as the metabolic syndrome, have been well-described. Its prevalence rates range from 13-30% and 70-80% among the Caucasian nondiabetic and diabetic populations, respectively. The age-adjusted prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in an Indian urban population was [...]