Published Articles in PNG

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Articles in the Sept 2001 issue of the PNG Medical Journal: (the links will take you to the Full Article pdf on the PNG IMR site)

  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Papua New Guinea: an historical perspective (Ogle) - click here to view
  • A survey of diabetes services in hospitals in Papua New Guinea (Lesley et al.) - click here to view
  • Type 1 diabetes mellitus in children in Papua New Guinea (Ogle et al.) - click here to view
  • Community screening for diabetes in the National Capital District: is betelnut chewing a risk factor for diabetes? (Benjamin) - click here to view
  • Diabetes: the by product of westernization in Papua New Guinea (Taufa and Benjamin) - click here to view
  • Superiority of traditional village diet and lifestyle in minimizing cardiovascular disease risk in Papua New Guinea (Kende) - click here to view
  • The rocky road from roots to rice: a review of the changing food and nutrition situation in Papua New Guinea (Saweri) - click here to view
  • Diabetes in Papua New Guinea (Editorial) (Ogle) - click here to view

Other key published papers: (the links will take you to abstracts on PubMed)

Extraordinary prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and bimodal plasma glucose distribution in the Wanigela people of Papua New Guinea. (Dowse et al.) - click here to view

Betelnut chewing: a contributing factor to the poor glycaemic control in diabetic patients attending Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea (Benjamin and Marqis) - click here to view

Consumption of guava (Psidium guajava L) and noni (Morinda citrifolia L) may protect betel quid-chewing Papua New Guineans against diabetes. (Owen et al.) - click here to view

Microalbuminuria in a clinic population of type 2 Melanesian diabetics: relationship to glycaemic control, blood pressure and duration of diabetes. (Erasmus and Okesina) - click here to view

Anthropometrical antecedents of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: an age and sex matched comparison study of anthropometric indices in schoolchildren from a high prevalence Port Moresby community. (Amini et al.) - click here to view

Serum lipids and modernization in coastal and highland Papua New Guinea. (Hodge et al.) - click here to view

Microalbuminuria, cardiovascular risk factors, and insulin resistance in two populations with a high risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. (Hodge et al.) - click here to view

A case-control study of diet in newly diagnosed NIDDM in the Wanigela people of Papua New Guinea. (Hodge et al.) - click here to view

Blood pressure, hypertension and other cardiovascular risk factors in six communities in Papua New Guinea, 1985-1986. (King et al.) - click here to view