Can inaccuracy of reported parental history of diabetes explain the maternal transmission hypothesis for diabetes?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1084-1089

  Thorand, Barbara ^a   Liese, Angela D ^b,c   Metzger, Marie Hélène ^a   Reitmeir, Peter ^d   Schneider, Andrea ^a   Löwel, Hannelore ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health   (Germany)

^e KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Epidemiological biases; Maternal transmission; Parental history of diabetes

Indexed keywords

DIABETES;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0035158189     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.5.1084     Document Type: Article

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