Open AccessAssociation between restrictive pulmonary disease and type 2 diabetes in Koreans: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Do-Youn Lee,
Seung M Nam
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of diabetes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9358
DOI - 10.4239/wjd.v11.i10.425
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , type 2 diabetes , disease , association (psychology) , diabetes mellitus , pulmonary disease , pathology , endocrinology , philosophy , epistemology
Diabetes is a progressive disease that increases glucose levels in the blood. While studies have shown that patients with pulmonary disease (both obstructive and restrictive pulmonary disease) have a higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), there have been more studies on restrictive patterns than chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.