Risk of Type 2 Diabetes among Osteoarthritis Patients in a Prospective Longitudinal Study

Objectives. Our aim was to determine the risk of diabetes among osteoarthritis (OA) cases in a prospective longitudinal study. Methods. Administrative health records of 577,601 randomly selected individuals from British Columbia, Canada, from 1991 to 2009, were analyzed. OA and diabetes cases were i...

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Main Authors: M. Mushfiqur Rahman, Jolanda Cibere, Aslam H. Anis, Charlie H. Goldsmith, Jacek A. Kopec
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:International Journal of Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/620920