Perceived risk of diabetes seriously underestimates actual diabetes risk: The KORA FF4 study.

OBJECTIVE:Early detection of diabetes and prediabetic states is beneficial for patients, but may be delayed by patients´ being overly optimistic about their own health. Therefore, we assessed how persons without known diabetes perceive their risk of having or developing diabetes, and we identified f...

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Main Authors: Bernd Kowall, Wolfgang Rathmann, Andreas Stang, Brenda Bongaerts, Oliver Kuss, Christian Herder, Michael Roden, Anne Quante, Rolf Holle, Cornelia Huth, Annette Peters, Christa Meisinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5283734?pdf=render