The association between fetal-stage exposure to the China famine and risk of diabetes mellitus in adulthood: results from the China health and retirement longitudinal study

• Main Authors: Zhenghe Wang (Author), Zhiyong Zou (Author), Zhongping Yang (Author), Yanhui Dong (Author), Jieyun Song (Author), Bin Dong (Author), Jun Ma (Author), Luke Arnold (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The associations of famine exposure with diabetes risk in adulthood are still unclear. This study aimed to explore the association between famine exposure in early life and risk of diabetes in adulthood. Methods A total of 4138 subjects were selected from the data of the China He...