Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS GJ979R0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background : In observational studies, mainly from Western Caucasian populations, moderate alcohol use has been shown to be associated with a lower risk of diabetes. However, whether the protection is due to the attributes of alcohol or to those of moderate alcohol users is difficult to disentangle. A population with a different distribution of alcohol consumption and diabetes prevalence from Western populations was studied as a counterfactual comparison. Methods : Baseline data from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study phases 1 and 2 (2003-6) were used to examine the adjusted associations, using multivariable censored linear regression, of alcohol use with fasting blood glucose in older (>=50 years) men (n=5740) and women (n=14 274) from southern China. Moderate alcohol use was defined as weekly drinking of
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