title: Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Ethiopian immigrants: comparison of Moses and Solomon immigrations.
abstract: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus and the distribution of serum glucose levels among 254 immigrant Ethiopian Jews (Operation Solomon) were studied immediately after their arrival in Israel in 1991. No case of diabetes was found. Although the body mass index of this population was higher than those obtained in Operation Moses, the serum glucose levels in almost all age-groups were significantly lower.
authors.affiliation: Metabolic Unit, Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital), Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rubinstein
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Graf
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Villa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001786:Blood Glucose; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000208:ethnology*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose