Metabolically healthy overweight/obesity with no metabolic abnormalities and incident hyperglycaemia in Chinese adults: analysis of a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore whether metabolically healthy overweight (MHOW) and/or metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) increase hyperglycaemia risk in a Chinese population with a broad age range.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Secondary analysis of data from the DATADRYAD database, comprising health check records of participants from 32 regions and 11 cities in China between 2010 and 2016.

Participants

A total of 47 391 metabolically healthy participants with none of the metabolic abnormalities were selected.

Outcome measures

Hyperglycaemia includes incident diabetes and impaired fasting glucose (IFG). Diabetes was diagnosed with fasting blood glucose ≥7.0 mmol/L and typical clinical symptoms and/or on self-report during follow-up. The fasting plas

SUBMITTER: Gao Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11781143 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature