Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 365-371 , June 2009

Cigarette Smoking Is Associated with Conversion from Normoglycemia to Impaired Fasting Glucose: The Western New York Health Study

  • Lisa Rafalson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Charlotte
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Lisa Rafalson, PhD, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main St., Farber Hall, Room 270, Buffalo, NY 14214.
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  • Richard P. Donahue, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Charlotte
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  • Jacek Dmochowski, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Charlotte
    • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
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  • Karol Rejman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Charlotte
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  • Joan Dorn, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Charlotte
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  • Maurizio Trevisan, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Charlotte

Received 7 July 2008 ,Accepted 27 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.01.013

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 365-371 , June 2009