title: Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Ethiopian immigrants.
abstract: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus among 445 new immigrant Ethiopian Jews was studied immediately after their arrival to Israel, and found to be 0.4%. This low prevalence could be attributed to their long trek accompanied by severe malnutrition which caused death to the old, weak and sick, leaving a selectively young and healthy population group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine C, Rokach (Hadassah) Hospital, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rubinstein
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Graf
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Landau
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Reisin
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Goldbourt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000208:ethnology*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose