No evidence of a higher 10 year period prevalence of diabetes among 77,885 twins compared with 215,264 singletons from the Danish birth cohorts 1910-1989

Diabetologia

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2016-2024

  Petersen, I ^a   Nielsen, M M F ^b   Beck Nielsen, H ^b   Christensen, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

10 year period prevalence; Diabetes; Heritability; Register based study; Singletons; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960926276     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-011-2128-2     Document Type: Article

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