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Association between parental history of diabetes and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus differs according to the sex of the parent and offspring's body weight: A finding from a Japanese worksite-based cohort study.
Preventive medicine - 1 Dec 2015
Wang Chaochen, Yatsuya Hiroshi, Tamakoshi Koji, Toyoshima Hideaki, Wada Keiko, Li Yuanying, Hilawe Esayas Haregot, Uemura Mayu, Chiang Chifa, Zhang Yan, Otsuka Rei, Ota Atsuhiko, Hirakawa Yoshihisa, Aoyama Atsuko
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate differences in the association of parental history of diabetes with the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the offspring according to the sex of the parent and the offspring's body weight. METHODS: A prospective cohort study of 4446 middle-aged non-diabetic Japanese men and women were followed in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, from 2002 to 2011. Subjects were categorized by...
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