Body mass index in non-insulin dependent diabetics in Kenya
Obel, A.O.
Tropical and Geographical Medicine 40(2): 93-96
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-3232 PMID: 3407013 Document Number: 311816
Weights and heights of 674 consecutive non-insulin dependent diabetics and 358 control urban healthy Kenyans were recorded prospectively. Weights and heights of a further 162 healthy rural adults were compared retrospectively. The body mass index (weight/height2) of the non-insulin dependent diabetic was lower than that of the corresponding urban control subject. The body mass index of the rural folk was consistently lower than that of the urban dweller. This study concluded that obesity may not be a significant factor in non-insulin dependent diabetes in the African black.
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