Skinfold thickness and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension: an analysis of the PERU MIGRANT study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the association between excess body fat, assessed by skinfold thickness, and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension (HT).

Design

Data from the ongoing PERU MIGRANT Study were analysed. The outcomes were T2DM and HT, and the exposure was skinfold thickness measured in bicipital, tricipital, subscapular and suprailiac areas. The Durnin-Womersley formula and SIRI equation were used for body fat percentage estimation. Risk ratios and population attributable fractions (PAF) were calculated using Poisson regression.

Setting

Rural (Ayacucho) and urban shantytown district (San Juan de Miraflores, Lima) in Peru.

Participants

Adults (n 988) aged ≥30 years (rural, rural-to-urban migrants, urban) completed the baseline stud

SUBMITTER: Ruiz-Alejos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6960014 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature