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Associations between Familial Factor, Trait Conscientiousness, Gender and the Occurrence of Type 2 Diabetes in Adulthood: Evidence from a British Cohort.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Cheng Helen, Treglown Luke, Montgomery Scott, Furnham Adrian
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate social, familial, and psychological factors in influencing the occurrence of type 2 diabetes in adulthood. METHOD: Some 17,415 babies born in Great Britain in 1958 and followed up at 7, 11, 33, and 50 years of age. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes at age 50 years was the outcome measure. RESULTS: Some 5,032 participants with data on parental social class, childhood cognitive ability...
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