Age of onset of obesity and risk of type 2 diabetes

Abstract Objective: To compare a simple measure ‐ age of onset of obesity ‐ to an obese‐years construct (a product of duration and magnitude of obesity) as risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Method: Participants from the Framingham Heart Study who were not obese and did not have diabetes at baseline...

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Main Authors: Stephanie K. Tanamas, Evelyn Wong, Kathryn Backholer, Asnawi Abdullah, Rory Wolfe, Jan Barendregt, Anna Peeters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12593