Racial and Ethnic Differences in Anthropometric Measures as Risk Factors for Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study objective was to examine the impact of race/ethnicity on associations between anthropometric measures and diabetes risk.

Research design and methods

A total of 136,112 postmenopausal women aged 50-79 years participating in the Women's Health Initiative without baseline cancer or diabetes were followed for 14.6 years. BMI, waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) were measured in all participants, and a subset of 9,695 had assessment of whole-body fat mass, whole-body percent fat, trunk fat mass, and leg fat mass by DXA. Incident diabetes was assessed via self-report. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to assess associations between anthropometrics and diabetes incidence.

Results

During follow-up, 18,706

SUBMITTER: Luo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6463546 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature