Risk of diabetes mellitus: should smokers quit smoking? (original) (raw)

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Smoking is known to be associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The effect of smoking cessation on diabetes risk, however, is not fully understood. Yeh et al. prospectively assessed the effect of quitting smoking on diabetes incidence and potential mediating factors.

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Figure 1: Estimated relative risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus for continuing smokers and quitters compared with nonsmokers.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Tobacco Research and Treatment Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 9th Floor, 50 Staniford Street, Boston, 02114, MA, USA
    Carole Clair
  2. Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, 44 Rue du Bugnon, Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland
    Jacques Cornuz

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Clair, C., Cornuz, J. Risk of diabetes mellitus: should smokers quit smoking?.Nat Rev Endocrinol 6, 250–251 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2010.45

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