Excess body weight, cigarette smoking, and type II diabetes incidence in the national FINRISK studies.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We identify the individual and joint contributions of excess weight and cigarette smoking to national-level type II diabetes (T2D) incidence and to educational and gender disparities therein filling an important gap in T2D epidemiology.

Methods

Based on the FINRISK surveys conducted in 1997, 2002, and 2007 and linked to the Finnish National Drug Reimbursement Register through 2011, we used a regression-counterfactual approach to estimate the percentage of diagnosed drug-treated incident T2D cases attributable to excess body weight and cigarette smoking. Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference were evaluated.

Results

T2D incidence was 10.24 in men and 7.04 in women per 1000 person-years. Excess baseline BMI (≥25.0 kg/m²) explained 69% and 63%,

SUBMITTER: Mehta N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7231607 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature