Japanese study confirms findings

BMJ 1995;311:188 (15 July)

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Japanese study confirms findings

EDITOR,--Eric B Rimm and colleagues' findings¹ are in line withthose of a large cohort study conducted in Japan. The lifestylesof 265118 adults aged 40 and over (122261 men; 142857 women)in six prefectures (Miyagi, Aichi, Osaka, Hyogo, Okayama, andKagoshima) were studied. Household interviews were conductedby public health nurses in 1965, and the subjects were followedup for 17 years.² Diabetes mellitus was recorded in the deathcertificates of 1678 subjects (846 men, 832 women)--as the maincause of death in 946 (454 men and 492 women) and as a contributorycause of death in 732 (392 men and 340 women).

A significant dose-response relation was observed in men betweenthe number of cigarettes smoked daily and the relative riskof diabetes, adjusted for age, the risk for non-smokers, andfor those who smoked 1-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, and >40 cigarettesdaily being 1.00, 0.69, 1.16, 1.14, . . . [Full text of this article]

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Prospective study of cigarette smoking, alcohol use, and the risk of diabetes in men: Eric B Rimm, June Chan, Meir J Stampfer, Graham A Colditz, and Walter C Willett
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