A survey of blood glucose levels in six Solomon Islands populations may support the hypothesis that susceptibility to diabetes is almost absent among non-Austronesian-speaking Melanesians regardless of their level of modernization. Among Austronesian-speaking Melanesians, however, diabetes is emerging. Differences in prevalence rates of diabetes between Austronesians and non-Austronesian speakers in this survey are significant (P less than .0001).
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