Is smoking associated with reduced risk of autoimmune diabetes in adults contrasting with increased risk in overweight men with type 2 diabetes : a 22-year follow-up of the HUNT study?
In this epidemiological study, smoking is associated with a reduced risk of autoimmune diabetes, possibly linked to an inhibitory effect on the autoimmune process. An increased risk of type 2 diabetes was restricted to overweight men.
Early stage lung cancer resection has a favorable effect on surgical mortality, not only by preventing the need for pneumonectomy, but also by reducing mortality after lobectomy.