Anthropometric changes and risk of diabetes: are there sex differences? A longitudinal study of Alberta's Tomorrow Project.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To characterise the sex-specific difference in the association between anthropometric changes and risk of diabetes in the general population in Canada.

Setting and participants

From 2000 to 2008, Alberta's Tomorrow Project (ATP) invited Alberta's residents aged 35-69 years to a prospective cohort study. A total of 19 655 diabetes-free ATP participants having anthropometrics measured at the baseline and follow-ups were included.

Design and outcome measures

A longitudinal study design was used to examine the association between anthropometric changes and risk of diabetes and the sex difference in this association. Changes in weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-hip-ratio (WHR) were calculated as the difference between baseline and

SUBMITTER: Ye M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661609 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature