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SUBMITTER: Olaiya MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6679754 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Olaiya Muideen T MT Wedekind Lauren E LE Hanson Robert L RL Sinha Madhumita M Kobes Sayuko S Nelson Robert G RG Baier Leslie J LJ Knowler William C WC
Diabetologia 20190520 9
<h4>Aims/hypothesis</h4>The aim of this work was to estimate the impact of birthweight on early-onset (age <40 years) type 2 diabetes.<h4>Methods</h4>A longitudinal study of American Indians, aged ≥5 years, was conducted from 1965 to 2007. Participants who had a recorded birthweight were followed until they developed diabetes or their last examination before the age of 40 years, whichever came first. Age- and sex-adjusted diabetes incidence rates were computed and Poisson regression was used to ...[more]