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Standardized comparison of glucose intolerance in west African-origin populations of rural and urban Cameroon, Jamaica, and Caribbean migrants to Britain.

DOI

114

Citations

0

References

1999

Year

Jean Claude Mbanya, J. CRUICKSHANK, Terrence Forrester, Beverley Balkau, Jeanne Ngogang, Lisa Riste, Anne Forhan, Nels Anderson, Franklyn I. Bennett, RJ Wilks
Diabetes Care

Abstract

The transition in glucose intolerance from Cameroon to Jamaica and Britain suggests that environment determines diabetes prevalence in these populations of similar genetic origin.