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Definition

Incidence is the number of new cases of a condition, symptom, death, or injury that develop during a specific time period, such as a year.

Incidence shows the likelihood that a person in a certain population will be affected by that condition.

References

Taber's Medical Dictionary Online. Incidence. www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729742/0/incidence?q=Incidence. Accessed May 3, 2021.

Last reviewed May 3, 2021 by Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team..

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Clinical Trials: Incidence

UF Health research scientists make medicine better every day. They discover new ways to help people by running clinical trials. When you join a clinical trial, you can get advanced medical care. Sometimes years before it's available everywhere. You can also help make medicine better for everyone else. If you'd like to learn more about clinical trials, visit our clinical trials page. Or click one of the links below:

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The overriding objective of DREAM is to conduct a prospective longitudinal (36 months) observational clinical study to investigate the incidence, etiology, and pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus (DM) following acute pancreatitis (AP).

Investigator
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Status
Accepting Candidates
Ages
18 Years - 75 Years
Sexes
All
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Investigator
Lawrence L Yeung
Status
Accepting Candidates
Ages
50 Years - N/A
Sexes
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