Preterm Birth--A Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes?: The Helsinki Birth Cohort Study
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Preterm Birth—A Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes?
OBJECTIVE The association between low birth weight and type 2 diabetes is well established. We studied whether preterm birth carries a similar risk. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The Helsinki Birth Cohort includes 13,345 men and women born between 1934 and 1944. Of them, 12,813 had adequate data on length of gestation, which we linked with data on special reimbursement for diabetes medication. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diabetes Care
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0149-5992,1935-5548
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-0912