Television watching and incident diabetes: Findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam Study
| Autor: | Earl S. Ford, Janine Kröger, Heiner Boeing, Manuela M. Bergmann, Matthias B. Schulze, Tobias Pischon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Waist Time Factors Systole Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Type 2 diabetes Predictive Value of Tests Diabetes mellitus Germany Diabetes Mellitus Medicine Humans Obesity Prospective cohort study Life Style Aged Proportional Hazards Models business.industry Hazard ratio Anthropometry Middle Aged medicine.disease European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Diet Physical therapy Educational Status Female Television business Body mass index Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of diabetes. 2(1) |
| ISSN: | 1753-0407 |
| Popis: | Background: The aim of the present study was to examine whether the amount of time spent watching television is a potential risk factor for incident diabetes and to what extent this association may be explained by obesity. Methods: We used data for 23 855 men and women from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition–Potsdam Study. During an average of 7.8 years of follow-up, 927 participants developed diabetes. Incident diabetes was identified on the basis of self-report and was verified by contacting the patient’s attending physician. The amount of time spent watching television was self-reported. Results: The mean time that the participants who developed diabetes watched television was 2.4 h/week, compared with 2.0 h/week for those who did not develop diabetes (P |
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