Self-reported Diabetes Mellitus and Risk of Mortality from All Causes Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer in Takayama: A Population-based Prospective Cohort Study in Japan

摘要

BackgroundDiabetes mellitus has been reported to be a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), and higher risk of CVD among women than that among men has been observed in many studies. Further, the association of diabetes with increasing risk of cancer has also been reported. Well-designed studies conducted among men and women in the general Japanese population remain scarce.