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Type 2 diabetes mellitus and its risk factors among the rural Fulanis of northern Nigeria

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2013

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Anas Ahmad Sabir, A.E Ohwovoriole, S A Isezuo, O.A Fasanmade, Sani Abubakar, Sandra Iwuala

Annals of African Medicine

Abstract

The prevalence rates of DM and its principal risk factor obesity are low among the rural Nigerian Fulani. However, the prevalence of prediabetes is relatively high, a factor that may predispose to the future development of DM.