Research Article
Trends in Method of Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Results from SHIELD
Table 1
Characteristics of SHIELD respondents in 2006 diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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§Abdominal obesity: waist circumference for men ≥97 cm, for women ≥89 cm; dyslipidemia: reported diagnosis of cholesterol problems; hypertension: reported diagnosis of high blood pressure/hypertension; prior cardiovascular event: reported heart disease/heart attack or stroke/TIA. |