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- Title
The impact of socioeconomic status on cardiovascular risk factors in African-Americans at high risk for type II diabetes. Implications for syndrome X.
- Authors
Gaillard, T R; Schuster, D P; Bossetti, B M; Green, P A; Osei, K
- Abstract
The rate of type II diabetes in African-Americans is reaching epidemic proportions. African-Americans with type II diabetes suffer from more cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) associated with diabetes than the general population. Lower socioeconomic status (SES) and family history are often cited as contributory factors to the premature development of diabetes and CVDs in the general population. However, we are not aware of any study that has examined the relationships between SES and CVD risk factors (i.e., syndrome X) in a genetically enriched African-American population at high risk for type II diabetes.
- Publication
Diabetes care, 1997, Vol 20, Issue 5, p745
- ISSN
0149-5992
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2337/diacare.20.5.745