Open AccessCharacteristics of Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus in Elderly Men: Effect Modification by Family History
Author(s) -
Jolanda M.A. Boer,
Edith J. M. Feskens,
Daan Kromhout
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/25.2.394
Subject(s) - family history , diabetes mellitus , medicine , endocrinology , insulin , obesity , impaired glucose tolerance , type 2 diabetes , glucose tolerance test , insulin resistance
Heredity, obesity and fat distribution may interact with each other in their association with diabetes risk. Therefore we tried to elucidate the role of familial diabetes as effect modifier in the association of obesity, glucose metabolism and lipoproteins with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
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