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To the Editor: In their article on diet, lifestyle, and type 2 diabetes mellitus in women (Sept. 13 issue),¹ Hu et al. point out that obesity is an important cause of type 2 diabetes mellitus. I wish to point out that since diabetes does not develop in all overweight women (or men, of course), there must be other factors that predispose patients to the condition, as I illustrated in earlier reports.^2,3,4,5,6 Therefore diet is certainly important, but particularly for women and men for whom this overlooked risk factor is involved.

Sergio Stagnaro, M.D.
Via Erasmo Piaggio, 23
16037 Riva Trigosio, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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