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SUBMITTER: Simon TG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5906170 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 20180326 5
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, it is unknown whether T2D duration or additional metabolic comorbidities further contribute to HCC risk. From the Nurses' Health Study (NHS), 120,826 women were enrolled in 1980, and from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS), 50,284 men were enrolled in 1986 and followed through 2012. Physician-diagnosed T2D was ascertained at baseline and updated biennially. Cox proportional hazards regression models ...[more]