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Risk of type 2 diabetes according to traditional and emerging anthropometric indices in Spain, a Mediterranean country with high prevalence of obesity: results from a large-scale prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). A proper anthropometric characterisation of T2DM risk is essential for disease prevention and clinical risk assessement. METHODS: Longitudinal study in 37 733 participants (63% women) of the Spanish EPIC (European Prospe...

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Autores principales: Huerta, José María, Tormo, María-José, Chirlaque, María-Dolores, Gavrila, Diana, Amiano, Pilar, Arriola, Larraitz, Ardanaz, Eva, Rodríguez, Laudina, Sánchez, María-José, Mendez, Michelle, Salmerón, Diego, Barricarte, Aurelio, Burgui, Rosana, Dorronsoro, Miren, Larrañaga, Nerea, Molina-Montes, Esther, Moreno-Iribas, Conchi, Quirós, José Ramón, Toledo, Estefanía, Travier, Noémie, González, Carlos A, Navarro, Carmen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3575248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23388074
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-13-7