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Age at menarche and risk of type 2 diabetes among African-American and white women in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study
We examined race differences in the association between age at menarche and type 2 diabetes before and after adjustment for adiposity.
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Body mass index, waist circumference and waist:hip ratio as predictors of cardiovascular risk—a review of the literature
Overweight and obesity have become a major public health problem in both develo** and developed countries as they are causally related to a wide spectrum of chronic diseases including type II diabetes, cardi...
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Obesity and overweight in relation to liver disease mortality in men: 38 year follow-up of the original Whitehall study
Obesity has been implicated in the aetiology of liver disease. However, to date, evidence is largely drawn from cross-sectional studies, where interpretation is hampered by reverse causality, and from studies ...
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Open AccessType-II diabetes and pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis of 36 studies
Pancreatic cancer is the eighth major form of cancer-related death worldwide, causing 227 000 deaths annually. Type-II diabetes is widely considered to be associated with pancreatic cancer, but whether this re...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Gathering User Needs in the Development of the POWER-HAND Opening Aid — A Successful Consumer Product for the Wider Market
How can we improve the chances of success of future products during the development process? This should be one of the foremost questions during the formulation of a project plan and the conceptualisation of a...
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Botanical collections at risk