A Cross-Sectional Study of the Effects of Stressors Upon Blood Glucose Levels in Non-Obese Patients in Rural Western Kenya

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dc.contributor.advisorAbell, Troy D.
dc.contributor.authorRogalla, Aislinn
dc.contributor.departmentBiology.en_US
dc.contributor.otherBaylor University.en_US
dc.contributor.schoolsHonors College.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-09T18:51:48Z
dc.date.available2012-05-09T18:51:48Z
dc.date.copyright2012
dc.date.issued2012-05-09
dc.description.abstractIn order to more effectively address the expansion of type 2 diabetes worldwide, this study investigated the role that stressors and the stress response play in the development of diabetes. This study analyzed clinical data collected from a sample population of 685 subjects of Luo ethnicity who attended a clinic in May, 2010, in rural western Kenya. Stressors were self-reported by the patients, and blood glucose levels were determined from blood samples. Diabetes, measured as blood glucose levels over 200 mg/dL, was found to be unrelated to body mass index, an accepted measure for obesity (X^2 = 2.51, df = 5, p = 0.7753).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2104/8401
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.rights.accessrightsWorldwide access.en_US
dc.rights.accessrightsAccess changed 12/16/14.
dc.subjectBiologyen_US
dc.subjectAnthropologyen_US
dc.subjectEpidemiologyen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectObesityen_US
dc.subjectHyperglycemiaen_US
dc.subjectStress Hyperglycemiaen_US
dc.subjectType II Diabetesen_US
dc.subjectInflammationen_US
dc.subjectStressorsen_US
dc.subjectSocialen_US
dc.titleA Cross-Sectional Study of the Effects of Stressors Upon Blood Glucose Levels in Non-Obese Patients in Rural Western Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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