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Five-year incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus among cardiovascular disease-free Greek adults: findings from the ATTICA study.
Vascular health and risk management - 1 Jan 2008
Panagiotakos Demosthenes B, Pitsavos Christos, Skoumas Yannis, Lentzas Yannis, Stefanadis Christodoulos
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the 5-year incidence of diabetes in an adult population from Greece. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: 3042 individuals (>18 years), free of cardiovascular disease, participated in the baseline examination (during 2001-2002). Of this sample, 1012 men and 1035 women were found alive at the time of follow-up, while 32 (2.1%) men and 22 (1.4%) women died during this period. The rest were lost to...
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