Fatness and fitness: how do they influence health-related quality of life in type 2 diabetes mellitus?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We examined whether adiposity and fitness explain the decrease in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study using baseline data from two exercise training interventions. One study enrolled people with and the other without type 2 diabetes. We assessed aerobic fitness ("fitness") as peak oxygen uptake during treadmill testing, adiposity ("fatness") as percentage of total body fat by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, and HRQOL by the Medical Outcomes Study SF-36. Bivariate and multivariate linear regression analyses were used examine determinants of HRQOL were used to examine determinants of HRQOL.

Results

There were 98 participants with and 119 participants without type 2 diabetes

SUBMITTER: Bennett WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2626587 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature