Confounding by dietary patterns of the inverse association between alcohol consumption and type 2 diabetes risk

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-45

  Imamura, Fumiaki ^b   Lichtenstein, Alice H ^b   Dallal, Gerard E ^b   Meigs, James B ^c   Jacques, Paul F ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Bias (epidemiology); Confounding factors (epidemiology); Diabetes mellitus; Diet; Factor Analysis; Least squares analysis; Proportional hazards models; Statistical; Type 2

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIABETES; DIET; DRINKING; HEALTH RISK; MODELING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650021835     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp096     Document Type: Article

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