Ambient particulate air pollution (PM2.5) is associated with the ratio of type 2 diabetes to obesity

Abstract We used county level data for T2D prevalence across the mainland USA and matched this to county level ambient PM2.5. Multiple linear regression was used to determine the relation between prevalence of T2D with PM2.5 after adjustment for confounding factors. PM2.5 explained 6.3% of the spati...

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Main Authors: Mohsen Mazidi, John R. Speakman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08287-1