Impact of age at appendectomy on development of type 2 diabetes: A population-based cohort study

• Yang-Ming Lee,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Graduate Institution of Clinical Medical Science, and Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Internal Medicine Research Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

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• Chew-Teng Kor,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Internal Medicine Research Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

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• Diko Zhou,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation BioActive Lipid Research Center (BALRC), Department of Surgery, BenQ Medical Center, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

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• Hsueh-Chou Lai,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Sex Hormone Research Center, and Department of Gastroenterology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chia-Chu Chang ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: maverick@mail.cmu.edu.tw (WLM); 27509@cch.org.tw (CCC)

  Affiliations Internal Medicine Research Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Wen-Lung Ma

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: maverick@mail.cmu.edu.tw (WLM); 27509@cch.org.tw (CCC)

  Affiliations Graduate Institution of Clinical Medical Science, and Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, BioActive Lipid Research Center (BALRC), Department of Surgery, BenQ Medical Center, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, Sex Hormone Research Center, and Department of Gastroenterology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5571-3302

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