Differential white blood cell count and type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and prospective studies.

Differential white blood cell count and type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and prospective studies.

Biological evidence suggests that inflammation might induce type 2 diabetes (T2D), and epidemiological studies have shown an association between higher white blood cell count (WBC) and T2D. However, the association has not been systematically investigated.Studies were identified through computer-bas...

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Main Authors: Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas, Zheng Ye, Andrew J Cooper, Stephen J Sharp, Robert Luben, Mary L Biggs, Liang-Kung Chen, Kuppan Gokulakrishnan, Markolf Hanefeld, Erik Ingelsson, Wen-An Lai, Shih-Yi Lin, Lars Lind, Vitool Lohsoonthorn, Viswanathan Mohan, Antonio Muscari, Goran Nilsson, John Ohrvik, Jiang Chao Qiang, Nancy Swords Jenny, Koji Tamakoshi, Theodora Temelkova-Kurktschiev, Ya-Yu Wang, Chittaranjan Sakerlal Yajnik, Marco Zoli, Kay-Tee Khaw, Nita G Forouhi, Nicholas J Wareham, Claudia Langenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2956635?pdf=render

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