Sex differences in the association between spousal metabolic risk factors with incidence of type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal study of the Iranian population
Abstract Background We investigated whether metabolic risk factors in one spouse were associated with an excessive risk of type 2 diabetes in the other. Methods The study cohort (1999–2018) included 1833 men and 1952 women, aged ≥ 20 years with information on both their own and their spouse’s diabet...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-08-01
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| Series: | Biology of Sex Differences |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13293-019-0255-5 |