Check each area that applies.

Yes No Yes No Yes No

Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . .o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . o

Membership on an advisory panel, standing committee or board of directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . .o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . o

Stock shareholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . .o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . o

Honoraria or consulting fees . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . .o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . o

Grant/research support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . .o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . o

Author _____________________ _____________________ ______________________

Signature _____________________ _____________________ ______________________

Date _____________________ _____________________ ______________________

For each item checked “yes,” please list your relevant association on a separate sheet of paper. Include the nature of the activity that is a relevant duality; the type of financial arrangement, if any, between you and the organization; and a description of the business or purpose of the organization.

This form must be returned with your submission. Make additional copies as needed for all authors.

The Canadian Diabetes Association must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigour in all its indi-vidually or jointly sponsored educational activities and pub-lications. All participants in a sponsored activity are expected to disclose any significant financial interest or other relation-ship with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of any commercial services. Significant financial interest or other relationship includes: employment (full- or part-time); membership on the board of directors or any fiduciary relationship; membership on a scientific

advisory panel or other standing scientific/medical committee; all consultative or advisory arrangements for which monetary compensation is received; and grants/research support.

The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent an author with a significant financial or other relationship from submit-ting a manuscript. The information will be published with the manuscript under the heading “Author Disclosures.” It remains for the audience to determine whether the author’s interests or relationships may influence the paper with regard to exposition or conclusion.

Title of paper ________________________________________________________________________________

Name of corresponding author _____________________________________________________________________

Each author must sign this form (photocopy if needed).

I indicate below whether I have had a relevant duality of interest in the past 12 months with a company whose products are directly related to the topic of my manuscript.

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