CMAJ © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors
The global epidemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus dis-proportionately affects indigenous and developingpopulations.1 Although genotypic variants related to energy balance may underlie this epidemic,2 the rapid emer-gence of type 2 diabetes in genetically diverse populations worldwide is most likely ca...
Other Authors: | |
---|---|
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.607.2937 http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2010/01/18/cmaj.090846.full.pdf |
id |
ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.607.2937 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.607.2937 2023-05-15T16:14:25+02:00 CMAJ © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.607.2937 http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2010/01/18/cmaj.090846.full.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.607.2937 http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2010/01/18/cmaj.090846.full.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2010/01/18/cmaj.090846.full.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T14:18:56Z The global epidemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus dis-proportionately affects indigenous and developingpopulations.1 Although genotypic variants related to energy balance may underlie this epidemic,2 the rapid emer-gence of type 2 diabetes in genetically diverse populations worldwide is most likely caused by environmental factors. Increasing rates of type 2 diabetes among Canada’s First Nations people, for example, parallel an epidemic of over-weight and obesity that has coincided with socio-cultural disruption and a loss of traditional lifestyles.3 In Saskatchewan in 1937, diabetes was not detected among the 1500 First Nations people who underwent a tuberculosis survey.4 By 1990, almost 10 % of the province’s First Nations adults had diabetes;5 by 2006, the proportion was over 20%,6 while it remained at about 6 % in the general population.5,6 Although an increased prevalence of diabetes among First Nations people has also been documented in other Canadian Text First Nations Unknown |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Unknown |
op_collection_id |
ftciteseerx |
language |
English |
description |
The global epidemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus dis-proportionately affects indigenous and developingpopulations.1 Although genotypic variants related to energy balance may underlie this epidemic,2 the rapid emer-gence of type 2 diabetes in genetically diverse populations worldwide is most likely caused by environmental factors. Increasing rates of type 2 diabetes among Canada’s First Nations people, for example, parallel an epidemic of over-weight and obesity that has coincided with socio-cultural disruption and a loss of traditional lifestyles.3 In Saskatchewan in 1937, diabetes was not detected among the 1500 First Nations people who underwent a tuberculosis survey.4 By 1990, almost 10 % of the province’s First Nations adults had diabetes;5 by 2006, the proportion was over 20%,6 while it remained at about 6 % in the general population.5,6 Although an increased prevalence of diabetes among First Nations people has also been documented in other Canadian |
author2 |
The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
format |
Text |
title |
CMAJ © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors |
spellingShingle |
CMAJ © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors |
title_short |
CMAJ © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors |
title_full |
CMAJ © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors |
title_fullStr |
CMAJ © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors |
title_full_unstemmed |
CMAJ © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors |
title_sort |
cmaj © 2010 canadian medical association or its licensors |
url |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.607.2937 http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2010/01/18/cmaj.090846.full.pdf |
genre |
First Nations |
genre_facet |
First Nations |
op_source |
http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2010/01/18/cmaj.090846.full.pdf |
op_relation |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.607.2937 http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2010/01/18/cmaj.090846.full.pdf |
op_rights |
Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
_version_ |
1766000222892195840 |