Timing and duration of obesity in relation to diabetes: findings from an ethnically diverse, nationally representative sample.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The influence on diabetes of the timing and duration of obesity across the high-risk period of adolescence to young adulthood has not been investigated in a population-based, ethnically diverse sample.

Research design and methods

A cohort of 10,481 individuals aged 12-21 years enrolled in the U.S. National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (1996) was followed over two visits during young adulthood (18-27 years, 2001-2002; 24-33 years, 2007-2009). Separate logistic regression models were used to examine the associations of diabetes (A1C ≥6.5% or diagnosis by a health care provider) in young adulthood with 1) obesity timing (never obese, onset <16 years, onset 16 to <18 years, onset ≥18 years) and 2) obesity duration over time (never obese, incident obesity, fl

SUBMITTER: The NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3609525 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature