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International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Number 3, pp. 616-617
IJE vol.33 no.3 © International Epidemiological Association 2004; all rights reserved.


Letter to the Editor

Coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes in Finnish twins

Sofia Carlsson1, Niklas Hammar1, Valdemar Grill2 and Jaakko Kaprio3

1 Division of Epidemiology, Stockholm Centre of Public Health, and Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
2 Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
3 Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, and Department of Mental Health, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland

Correspondence: Sofia Carlsson, Division of Epidemiology, Karolinska University Hospital, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail: sofia.carlsson@imm.ki.se

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Sirs—A possible protective effect of coffee consumption on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes was suggested recently in a study by van Dam and Feskens.1 This finding is supported by a Japanese study,2 whereas no protective effect of coffee was reported in a recent Finnish study3 and in Pima Indians.4 This issue is important to study further, especially in view of the prevalent use of coffee. The aim of this study was to explore the association between coffee consumption . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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