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Pathobiology of Prediabetes in a Biracial Cohort (POP-ABC): design and methods.
Ethnicity & disease - 1 Jan 2011
Dagogo-Jack Samuel, Edeoga Chimaroke, Nyenwe Ebenezer, Chapp-Jumbo Emmanuel, Wan Jim
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In contrast to the widely reported ethnic differences in prevalence, the incidence of type 2 diabetes was surprisingly similar (approximately 11%) among individuals from the different US ethnic groups in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP). Because DPP participants had impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) at baseline, we hypothesized that ethnic disparities are initiated at the pre-IGT stage during evolution of...
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