Parenthood and the risk of diabetes in men and women: a 7-year prospective study of 0.5 million individuals

<strong>Background:</strong> In women, higher parity has been associated with increased risk of diabetes later in life. It is unclear, however, whether this association is mainly due to biological effects of childbearing, or to socioeconomic and lifestyle factors associated with childrea...

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Main Authors: Peters, S, Yang, L, Woodward, M, Guo, Y, Chen, Y, Bian, Z, Millwood, I, Bragg, F, Zhou, X, Ge, P, Chen, B, Gao, Y, Li, Y, Chen, J, Li, L, Chen, Z, China Kadoorie Biobank Collaboration Group
Format: Journal article
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016