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Interim analysis. Study outline is available in Diabetologia (2014) 57:1132–1142.


Primary Purpose
Identification of risk prediction marker(s) for progression from pre-diabetes to diabetes or diabetes progression
Study Types
observational
Description of Cohorts
2300 pre-diabetics; 850 type 2 Diabetes patients. Details in Diabetologia (2014) 57:1132–1142
Informed Consent Given?
True
Multi-center Study?
True
Organisms
Homo sapiens
Number of subjects
3050
Diseases
type II diabetes
Sample Sources
tissue sample
Type of Samples Collected
serum faeces plasma Urine
Cohort characteristics
20-50
35-75 year