American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on July 11, 2007
American Journal of Epidemiology 2007 166(4):391-392; doi:10.1093/aje/kwm196
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Schootman et al. Respond to "Diabetes Causality in African Americans"
1 Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2 North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL
3 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
4 Center for Research in the Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice, VA Iowa City Health Care System, Iowa City, IA
5 Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
6 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
7 Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
8 Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
9 Indiana University Center for Aging Research and Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Correspondence to Dr. Mario Schootman, Division of Health Behavior Research, Washington University, 4444 Forest Park Boulevard, Box 8504, St. Louis, MO 63108 (e-mail: mschootm@im.wustl.edu).
Received for publication May 29, 2007. Accepted for publication May 31, 2007.
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We appreciate the thoughtful comments by Grant (1) on our paper (2). We agree that further exploration of the reasons for the observed association, using interdisciplinary research, is needed. We also agree that there are shortcomings of our pathways in that additional variables can
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