Concordance rate for type II diabetes mellitus in monozygotic twins: Actuarial analysis

Diabetologia

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 146-150

  Medici, F ^a   Hawa, M ^a   Ianari, A ^a   Pyke, D A ^a   Leslie, R D G ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actuarial analysis; Concordance rate; Identical twins; Type II diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWIN CONCORDANCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032896076     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250051132     Document Type: Article

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