Arsenic Exposure and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Southwestern American Indians
Minority Diabetes Reports Thursday, March 28th, 2013Am. J. Epidemiology: March 15, 2013
Association of urinary arsenic concentration with incident diabetes was examined in American Indians from Arizona who have a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes and were screened for diabetes between 1982 and 2007. The population resides where drinking water contains arsenic at concentrations above federally recommended limits. A total of 150 nondiabetic subjects aged ≥25 years who subsequently developed type 2 diabetes were matched by year of examination and sex to 150 controls who remained nondiabetic for ≥10 years. Read more
