Canada: Hypertriglyceridemic-Waist Phenotype And Glucose Intolerance Among Canadian Inuit: The ...

Canada: Hypertriglyceridemic-Waist Phenotype And Glucose Intolerance Among Canadian Inuit: The International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey For Adults 2007–2008 Grace M. Egeland, Zhirong Cao, and T. Kue Young, 2011   Background: Inuit have not experienced an epidemic in type 2 diabetes mellitus, and it has been speculated that they may be protected from obesity's metabolic consequences. We conducted a population-based screening for diabetes among Inuit in the Canadian Arctic and evaluated...

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