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. 2021 Apr;36(4):1144-1146.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-05767-5. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

Trends in Age at Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Among US Adults from 2001 to 2016

Phuc Le  1 , Lu Zhang  2 , Anita D Misra-Hebert  3 , Glen B Taksler  3 , William H Herman  4   5 , Michael B Rothberg  3
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Trends in Age at Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Among US Adults from 2001 to 2016

Phuc Le et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Apr.
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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Herman serves on a Data Safety Monitoring Board for Merck Sharp & Dohme. Dr. Misra-Hebert receives funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant no. K08HS024128 and has received research funding from Novo Nordisk and Merck. All other authors have no conflict of interest.

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a Trends in mean age at diagnosis and duration of type 2 diabetes in US adults (p value for trends > 0.05), and b number of US adults with type 2 diabetes by age at diagnosis, 2001–2016. Error bars in a represent 95% confidence intervals.
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