diabetes: Diabetes and obesity, cardiovascular risk factors
Description
403 African Americans were interviewed in a study to understand the
prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and other cardiovascular risk factors
in central Virginia.source
Willems JP, Saunders JT, DE Hunt, JB
Schorling: Prevalence of coronary heart disease risk factors among
rural blacks: A community-based study. Southern Medical Journal
90:814-820; 1997Details
Glycosolated hemoglobin greater than 7.0 is usually taken as a positive
diagnosis of diabetesReferences
Schorling JB, Roach J, Siegel M, Baturka N, Hunt
DE, Guterbock TM, Stewart HL: A trial of church-based smoking
cessation interventions for rural African Americans. Preventive
Medicine 26:92-101; 1997