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SUBMITTER: Joseph JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5704929 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Joseph Joshua J JJ Echouffo-Tcheugui Justin B JB Talegawkar Sameera A SA Effoe Valery S VS Okhomina Victoria V Carnethon Mercedes R MR Hsueh Willa A WA Golden Sherita H SH
American journal of preventive medicine 20170814 5
<h4>Introduction</h4>The associations of modifiable lifestyle risk factors with incident diabetes are not well investigated in African Americans (AAs). This study investigated the association of modifiable lifestyle risk factors (exercise, diet, smoking, TV watching, and sleep-disordered breathing burden) with incident diabetes among AAs.<h4>Methods</h4>Modifiable lifestyle risk factors were characterized among 3,252 AAs in the Jackson Heart Study who were free of diabetes at baseline (2000-2004 ...[more]