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Diabetes Risk Score in a Young Student Population in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study

2017; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Volume: 2017; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1155/2017/8290710

2314-6753

Abdel-Ellah Al-Shudifat, Amjad Al‐Shdaifat, Ahmad Ali Al-Abdouh, Mohammad Ibrahim Aburoman, Sara Mohammad Hussein Otoum, Amro Ghaleb Sweedan, Ibrahim Khrais, Ibrahim Hisham Abdel-Hafez, Asgeir Johannessen,

Diabetes Management and Education

. The Middle East is the home to the most obese population in the world, and type 2 diabetes mellitus is endemic in the region. However, little is known about risk factors for diabetes in the younger age groups.