Abstract:Diabetes among low BMI individuals has been recognized globally for over 60 years, and classified by WHO as malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus in 1985. Despite its prevalence in low and middle income countries, this condition has never been comprehensively studied.
State of the art metabolic studies were performed in 20 South Indian men with Low BMI Diabetes (LD; BMI 18.3 ± 0.9 kg/m2), after excluding monogenic and immune diabetes, and visible pancreatic pathology. Other groups were studied:… Show more
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