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: Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research