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Birthweight and Risk for Diabetes

  1. Richard X. Davey, MD
  1. 1From the Pathology Division, Western Hospital, Footscray, Victoria, Australia

    Four independent studies, three in the U.S. and one in Norway, have recently examined 254,481 persons to find a relationship between each individual’s own birth weight and his or her risk of subsequently developing diabetes (1–4). The first two studies used type 2 diabetes as the …

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