Gerd Holmboe‐Ottesen, Margareta Wandel
BACKGROUND: Immigrants from low-income countries comprise an increasing proportion of the population in Europe. Higher prevalence of obesity and nutrition related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is found in some immigrant groups, especially in South Asians. A...
Bishwajit Bhowmik, Tasnima Siddiquee, Anindita Mujumder, Faria Afsana et al.
Dyslipidemia is commonly associated with diabetes (T2DM). This has been demonstrated for the Caucasian population, but few data are available for Asian Indians. The paper aims to investigate serum lipids (separately or in combination) and their association with glucose intolerance status (T2DM and p...
Bishwajit Bhowmik, Tasnima Siddiquee, Anindita Mujumder, Tofail Ahmed et al.
Context: Simple non-invasive tools to identify high-risk individuals would facilitate screening of cardiometabolic diseases as well as diabetes. Aims: (1) To estimate variations in Bangladesh diabetes risk score (BDRS) according to stages of glucose intolerance, (2) to examine the usefulness of BDRS...
Trine Lauritzen
Physical activity and diabetes in the South-Asian population in Oslo\nTrine Lauritzen , Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen (tutor). Marz 2005\n\n\nBackground: Oslo is the city in Norway with the largest population of immigrants from from the South-Asian countries. The prevalence of selfreported diabetes in this g...