Validation of self-reported diagnosis of diabetes in the 1946 British birth cohort

•We used general practitioners (GP) to validate self-reported diabetes in the UK.•94.9% of 157 GPs confirmed their patient diabetes diagnosis.•Mean difference between self-reported and confirmed age at diagnosis was 0.6 years.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pastorino, Silvia, Richards, Marcus, Hardy, Rebecca, Abington, Jane, Wills, Andrew, Kuh, Diana, Pierce, Mary
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4582042/