Prevalence and risk factor of diabetes among the elderly people in West Bengal: evidence-based LASI 1st wave.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis research work was done with secondary data which is freely available at IIPS, India website (Source of data: https://www.iipsindia.ac.in/lasi). The study was approved by Institutional Review Board from the International Institute of Population Sciences, In Mumbai, and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. After well introducing the aim and goal of the study participants, written informed consent was obtained from each study participant. All the participants’ information was kept confidential using a coding system. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

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