Risk of type 2 diabetes according to the cumulative exposure to metabolic syndrome or obesity: A nationwide population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/introduction

We investigated the risk of incident type 2 diabetes according to the cumulative exposure to obesity or metabolic syndrome (MetS) during annual or biennial health examinations.

Materials and methods

The Korean National Health Insurance Service datasets from 2002 to 2017 were used for this retrospective longitudinal study. The risk for type 2 diabetes was analyzed according to the cumulative exposure to obesity and MetS among individuals who underwent four health examinations from 2009 to 2012 or 2013 (n = 2,851,745).

Results

During examinations, 28.56 and 17.86% of the total participants showed fluctuations in metabolic health state and obesity, respectively. During a mean 5.01 years of follow up, 98,950 new type 2 diabetes cases developed. The risk

SUBMITTER: Lee YB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7610118 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature