Physical Fitness Among Swedish Military Conscripts and Long-Term Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early-life physical fitness has rarely been examined in relation to type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in adulthood because of the lengthy follow-up required. Elucidation of modifiable risk factors at young ages may help facilitate earlier and more effective interventions.

Objective

To examine aerobic capacity and muscle strength at age 18 years in relation to risk for type 2 DM in adulthood.

Design

National cohort study.

Setting

Sweden.

Participants

1 534 425 military conscripts from 1969 to 1997 (97% to 98% of all men aged 18 years nationwide) without prior type 2 DM.

Measurements

Aerobic capacity and muscle strength (measured in watts and newtons per kilogram of body weight, respectively) were examined in relation to type 2 DM identified

SUBMITTER: Crump C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4861045 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature