Body-mass index and mortality among adults with incident type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relation between body weight and mortality among persons with type 2 diabetes remains unresolved, with some studies suggesting decreased mortality among overweight or obese persons as compared with normal-weight persons (an "obesity paradox").

Methods

We studied participants with incident diabetes from the Nurses' Health Study (8970 participants) and Health Professionals Follow-up Study (2457 participants) who were free of cardiovascular disease and cancer at the time of a diagnosis of diabetes. Body weight shortly before diagnosis and height were used to calculate the body-mass index (BMI, the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters). Multivariable Cox models were used to estimate the hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for mo

SUBMITTER: Tobias DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3966911 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature