Waist-corrected BMI predicts incident diabetes mellitus in a population-based observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Waist-corrected body mass index (wBMI), which combines BMI and waist circumference (WC) measurements, has proven superior to either measure alone for predicting obesity but has not yet been applied to the prediction of diabetes mellitus (DM).

Methods

Over a 5-year period, 305,499 subjects were eligible for this study based on citizen health check-ups in the Tacheng Area of northwest China. Diagnosis of DM was defined as the end point.

Results

After exclusion, a total of 111,851 subjects were included in the training cohort and 47,906 in the validation cohort. Participants of both sexes with wBMI in the upper quartiles had significantly higher incidence of DM than those with wBMI in the lower quartiles (log-rank χ^2 = 236, p< 0.001 for men; log-r

SUBMITTER: Wang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10290140 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature