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. 2015 Jan 22;15:12. doi: 10.1186/s12913-014-0666-2

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conceptual framework to explain the impact of diabetes on the associations between other explanatory factors and hospitalisation. Coding: solid black line: positive association; dashed/dot black line: diabetes enhances the association between risk factors and hospitalisation; dotted grey line: a weak positive association; dashed grey line: diabetes associated with attenuation of association.