Alcohol consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and Dose-Response Meta-analysis of more than 1.9 million individuals from 38 observational studies

Diabetes Care

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1804-1812

  Knott, Craig ^a   Bell, Steven ^a   Britton, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLISM;

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84962425653     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc15-0710     Document Type: Article

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