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Raised evening cortisol levels are predictive of new onset diabetes over a 9 year follow-up period.
Monitoring evening cortisol levels may help in predicting diabetes risk.
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The results suggested that raised evening cortisol levels are predictive of new onset diabetes over a 9 year follow-up period.
Why this rating
Based on the prospective assessment of cortisol levels and diabetes onset.
Source
The role of psychosocial wellbeing and biological stress processes in linking type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Ruth A. Hackett · UCL Discovery (University College London) · 2016
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