Epidemiology: Lifetime risk of diabetes mellitus--how high?

Affiliations

¹ Center for Vascular Prevention, Danube University Krems, Dr Karl Dorrek Strasse, 30, 3500 Krems, Austria; Dasman Diabetes Institute, Al-Soor Street, Dasman 15462, Kuwait; Chronic Disease Prevention Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Mannerheimintie 166, 00271 Helsinki, Finland; and at Saudi Diabetes Research Group, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80200, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
² Saudi Diabetes Research Group, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80200, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.

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Jaakko Tuomilehto et al. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2016 Mar.

. 2016 Mar;12(3):127-8.

doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2015.227. Epub 2016 Jan 4.

¹ Center for Vascular Prevention, Danube University Krems, Dr Karl Dorrek Strasse, 30, 3500 Krems, Austria; Dasman Diabetes Institute, Al-Soor Street, Dasman 15462, Kuwait; Chronic Disease Prevention Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Mannerheimintie 166, 00271 Helsinki, Finland; and at Saudi Diabetes Research Group, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80200, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
² Saudi Diabetes Research Group, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80200, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.

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Lifetime risk of developing impaired glucose metabolism and eventual progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study.
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