Identifying the waist circumference of risk in people of African descent
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DOI: 10.1038/s41574-019-0289-0
Abstract: The relationship between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), insulin resistance and central obesity is not uniformly applicable to populations worldwide. In this Comment, we discuss the challenge of establishing waist circumference thresholds to predict T2DM… read more here.
Keywords: waist circumference; circumference; circumference risk; risk people ... See more keywords
Obesity and diabetes in people of African ancestry with HIV
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DOI: 10.1111/hiv.13413
Abstract: Obesity is a chronic disease with multiple adverse effects on health. The prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide, and people of African ancestry are disproportionally affected. Several widely used antiretrovirals have been associated with weight… read more here.
Keywords: obesity diabetes; weight gain; obesity; people african ... See more keywords
Systematic review: Perceptions of type 2 diabetes of people of African descent living in high-income countries.
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DOI: 10.1111/jan.15266
Abstract: AIMS To describe how people of African descent perceive and understand type 2 diabetes, and to examine the impact of their perceptions and beliefs on the uptake of diet, exercise, weight control and adherence to… read more here.
Keywords: african descent; review; review perceptions; type diabetes ... See more keywords
Under‐representation of people of African ancestry in publications on the cutaneous manifestations of COVID‐19: coincidence or physiology?
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DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17289
Abstract: Recent publications have highlighted the rarity of patients with dark skin amongst Covid19-related skin eruptions.1 Indeed, very few patients of non-European descent were reported amongst 318 cases of Covid19-related perniosis 2 and there was a… read more here.
Keywords: african ancestry; physiology; representation people; people african ... See more keywords