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Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee, and Tea Consumption in Relation to Incident Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Posted: 5 February 2010
- Categroy: Independent Research
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Coffee consumption has been reported to be inversely associated with risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Rachel Huxley, DPhil; Crystal Man Ying Lee, PhD; Federica Barzi, PhD; Leif Timmermeister; Sebastien Czernichow, MD, PhD; Vlado Perkovic, MD, PhD; Diederick E. Grobbee, MD, PhD; David Batty, PhD; Mark Woodward, PhD
Similar associations have also been reported for de-caffeinated coffee and tea. We report herein the findings of meta-analyses for the association between coffee, de-caffeinated coffee, and tea consumption with risk of diabetes.
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