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Diabetes prevalence and body mass index differ by ethnicity: the Multiethnic Cohort.

Gertraud Maskarinec, Andrew Grandinetti, Grace Matsuura, Sangita Sharma, Marjorie K. Mau, Brian E. Henderson, Laurence N. Kolonel

PubMed · 2009 · 147 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

Ethnic differences in the prevalence of diabetes persisted after stratification by BMI. The prevalence of diabetes was at least two-fold higher in all ethnic groups than among Caucasians.

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