Behavioural and anthropometric risk factors for diabetes mellitus among newly admitted undergraduates in a Nigerian University
Conclusion: Most of the participants are involved in healthy lifestyle. This has resulted in very low prevalence of impaired fasting glucose and type 2 DM among the group. It will be useful to follow up the group and note if they are able to maintain this trend since the risk of developing DM is known to increase with age.
Source: Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice - Category: Rural Health Authors: OA Adegoke BO Emma-Okon MK Fasanya AO Salawu AA Tomi-Olugbodi Source Type: research
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