Age of onset of obesity and risk of type 2 diabetes.
CONCLUSIONS: While obese-years was the optimal obesity construct to explain risk of type 2 diabetes, age of onset may be a useful, practical addition to current BMI in the elderly.
IMPLICATIONS: Where computation of obese-years is not possible or impractical, age of onset of obesity combined with BMI may provide a useful alternative.
PMID: 27774719 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tanamas SK, Wong E, Backholer K, Abdullah A, Wolfe R, Barendregt J, Peeters A Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research
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