Prevalence of pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus among Sami and non-Sami men and women in Northern Norway – The SAMINOR 2 Clinical Survey

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Ali Naseribafrouei, Bent-Martin Eliassen, Marita Melhus, Johan Svartberg, Ann Ragnhild Broderstad
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018
• Subjects: HbA1c; Norwegian; indigenous; native; aboriginal; ethnicity; ethnic minority; abdominal obesity; waist-to-height ratio; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Norway; The Waist; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; Northern Norway; sami
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2018.1463786; https://doaj.org/article/3afe12919da645bf8337e13a3914a441

The aim of this study was to determine and compare the prevalence of pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among Sami and non-Sami men and women of rural districts in Northern Norway. The SAMINOR 2 Clinical Survey is a cross-sectional population-based study performed in 2012–2014 in 10 mu...