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Singapore Indian Eye Study-2: methodology and impact of migration on systemic and eye outcomes.

Sabanayagam CharumathiWanfen YipPreeti GuptaRiswana Bb Mohd AbdulEcosse LamoureuxNeelam KumariGemmy Cm CheungCarol Y CheungJie Jin WangChing-Yu ChengTien Yin Wong
Published in: Clinical & experimental ophthalmology (2017)
In both SINDI and SINDI-2, second-generation immigrants had lower prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors except smoking and obesity compared with first-generation immigrants. The final report will confirm if these differences between generations are evident with regard to eye diseases.
Keyphrases
  • cardiovascular risk factors
  • metabolic syndrome
  • cardiovascular disease
  • insulin resistance
  • type diabetes
  • risk factors
  • weight loss
  • smoking cessation
  • weight gain
  • skeletal muscle
  • drug induced