The Role of Obesity in the Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Incident Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Existing literature has adjusted for obesity in combination with other confounders, which does not allow estimating the contribution of obesity alone on the association of PTSD with incident T2DM.

Objective

The current study was designed to determine if obesity accounted for the association between PTSD and incident T2DM.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used data from Veterans Health Administration medical records collected from patients with PTSD and without PTSD from 2008 to 2015. Patients were eligible for study inclusion if they were free of prevalent PTSD and T2DM for 12 months prior to index date. To estimate whether the as

SUBMITTER: Scherrer JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6248094 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature