Risk of progression to diabetes among older adults with prediabetes
What The Study Did:
This observational study compared different measures of prediabetes and the risk of progression to diabetes among adults age 71 to 90.
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Mary R. Rooney, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
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This observational study compared different measures of prediabetes and the risk of progression to diabetes among adults age 71 to 90.
Authors:
Mary R. Rooney, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.8774)
Editor's Note: The article includes conflicts of interest and funding/support disclosures. Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, conflict of interest and financial disclosures, and funding and support.
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