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Diabetes and Women's Health Across the Life Stages: A Public Health Perspective

Errata—April 2003

In the Acknowledgments on page vi, the following contributing author should be added after Mary Sabolsi's name:

Caren G Solomon MD, MPH, Instructor in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts.

In Chapter 4 on page 72, second column, first paragraph, the following sentence should be deleted:

"An approximate 70% increase in diabetes prevalence among women aged 30-39 years has been noted between 1990 and 1998.²³"

On page 72, second column, second paragraph, the following sentence should read:

However, data from several large population-based studies indicate that since the 1960s, a rising temporal trend in incidence of type 2 diabetes has been occurring in all age, sex, and racial/ethnic groups.^22-25 (references expanded to include reference 23)

In Chapter 5 on page 145, reference 226 should read as follows:

The Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Design and methods for a clinical trial in the prevention of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 1999;22(4):623-34. (reference incomplete in printed books)

In Appendix A on page 179, the following percentages should be changed:

Mexican American women aged 20-44, percentage should be 2.0, not 7.2.

Mexican American women aged 45-64, percentage should be 17.1, not 2.0.

Mexican American women aged 65 or older, percentage should be 29.2, not 17.1.

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