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Educational level as a cause of type 2 diabetes mellitus: Caution from triangulation of observational and genetic evidence.
Acta diabetologica - 1 Jan 2022
Na-Ek Nat, Srithong Juthamanee, Aonkhum Authakorn, Boonsom Suthida, Charoen Pimphen, Demakakos Panayotes
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Education might be causal to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We triangulated cohort and genetic evidence to consolidate the causality between education and T2DM. METHODS: We obtained observational evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). Self-reporting educational attainment was categorised as high (post-secondary and higher), middle (secondary), and low (below...
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