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White blood-cell count and the risk of impaired fasting glucose or Type II diabetes in middle-aged Japanese men.
Diabetologia - 1 Jan 2002
Nakanishi N, Yoshida H, Matsuo Y, Suzuki K, Tatara K
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: To investigate the association between white blood-cell (WBC) count and the development of diabetes, independent of cigarette smoking. METHODS: We examined 2953 Japanese men who were office workers and between 35 and 59 years of age and who did not have impaired fasting glucose (IFG) (a fasting glucose concentration of 6.1-6.9 mmol/l), Type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus (a fasting...
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