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Diabetes and risk of physical disability in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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A systematic review and meta-analysis found that diabetes is associated with a strong increase in the risk of physical disability, and efforts to promote healthy ageing should account for this risk through prevention and management of diabetes.
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This article is published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.The article was published on 2013-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 322 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Physical disability & Relative risk.

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