Incident Type 2 Diabetes Risk is Influenced by Obesity and Diabetes in Social Contacts: a Social Network Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity and diabetes family history are the two strongest risk factors for type 2 diabetes (T2D). Prior work shows that an individual's obesity risk is associated with obesity in social contacts, but whether T2D risk follows similar patterns is unknown.

Objective

We aimed to estimate the relationship between obesity or diabetes in an individual's social contacts and his/her T2D risk. We hypothesized that obesity and diabetes in social contacts would increase an individual's T2D risk.

Design

This was a retrospective analysis of the community-based Framingham Offspring Study (FOS).

Participants

FOS participants with T2D status, height and weight, and at least one social contact were eligible for this study (n = 4797 at Exam 1). Participants' interperso

SUBMITTER: Raghavan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5023597 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature