Association of body mass index and age with incident diabetes in Chinese adults: a population-based cohort study

Chen, Ying; Zhang, Xiaoping; Yuan, Jie; Cai, Bo; Wang, Xiaoli; Wu, Xiaoli; Zhang, Yue-Hua; Zhang, Xiaoyi; Yin, Tong; Zhu, Xiaohui; Gu, Yunjuan; Cui, Shiwei; Lu, Zhiqiang; Li, Xiao-Ying

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021768

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Association of body mass index and age with incident diabetes in Chinese adults: a population-based cohort study

Published in BMJ Open • Sep 1, 2018

Authors:

Ying Chen

Xiaoping Zhang

Jie Yuan

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing in young adults, and greater adiposity is considered a major risk factor. However, whether there is an association between obesity and diabetes and how this might be impacted by age is not clear. Therefore, we investigated the association between bod...

Subject

Medicine

Diabetes mellitus

Body mass index

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