Prevalence of Diabetes in Mexican Americans: Relationship to Percent of Gene Pool Derived from Native American Sources

I. Gardner, Lytt; P. Stern, Michael; M. Haffner, Steven; P. Gaskill, Sharon; P. Hazuda, Helen; H. Relethford, John; W. Eifler, Clayton

doi:10.2337/diab.33.1.86

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Prevalence of Diabetes in Mexican Americans: Relationship to Percent of Gene Pool Derived from Native American Sources

Published in Diabetes • Jan 1, 1984

Authors:

Lytt I. Gardner

Michael P. Stern

Steven M. Haffner

Abstract

We have estimated the prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) in Mexican Americans and Anglos in three San Antonio neighborhoods. The age-adjusted NIDDM rates (both sexes pooled) for Mexican Americans were 14.5%, 10%, and 5% for residents of a low-income barrio, a middle-income...

Subject

Mexican americans

Demography

Diabetes mellitus

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