Just Living With Obese Family Members Increases Your Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

IN BRIEF In this new era of accountable care and population health, large provider organizations are looking for new ways to predict diseases in their population, especially for people with diabetes. Although diabetes has been associated with the incidence of obesity, many diabetes patients are not...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kumar, Virender, Encinosa, William, Thakur, Kisha, Thakur, Hena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6187961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30364073
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/cd17-0091
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Sumario:IN BRIEF In this new era of accountable care and population health, large provider organizations are looking for new ways to predict diseases in their population, especially for people with diabetes. Although diabetes has been associated with the incidence of obesity, many diabetes patients are not obese. However, we find that just living in a household with one or more obese biologically related family members is a major risk factor for diabetes, even after accounting for all the other traditional risk factors.

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