title: Why are associated conditions important?
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; Endocrinology, Gerald J. Friedman Diabetes Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, 16th Street, First Avenue, New York, NY 10003, USA. Electronic address: LPoretsk@chpnet.org.
authors.forename: Leonid
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Poretsky
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; Endocrinology, Beth Israel Medical Center, 16th Street, First Avenue, New York, NY 10003, USA. Electronic address: eliao@chpnet.org.
authors.forename: Emilia Pauline
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans