Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes in the Multiethnic Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In this report, we investigated the association between established risk factors and type 2 diabetes (T2D) across 5 distinct ethnic groups and explored differences according to T2D definition within the Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) Study.

Methods

Using the full MEC, with participants in Hawaii and Los Angeles (N=172,230), we applied Cox regression to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). All participants completed questionnaires asking about demographics, anthropometrics, lifestyle factors, and regular diet. T2D status was determined from self-reported diagnosis/medication and Medicare claims. We assessed the associations between well-established risk factors and T2D in the full cohort, after stratification by ethnic group, according to the

SUBMITTER: Maskarinec G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10761589 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature