Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity, and Diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Population-Based Study.

Conclusions and Relevance: In this Danish nationwide study to investigate the association between diabetes and ALS diagnosis, our findings are in agreement with previous reports of a protective association between vascular risk factors and ALS and suggest that type 2 diabetes, but not type 1, is protective for ALS. PMID: 26030836 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cancer Control - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: JAMA Neurol Source Type: research