Journal article
Adolescent Obesity and Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasingly diagnosed at younger ages. We investigated the association of adolescent obesity with incident T2D at early adulthood.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A nationwide, population-based study evaluated 1,462,362 adolescents (59% men, mean age 17.4 years) during 1996-2016. Data were linked to the Israeli National Diabetes Registry. Weight and height were measured at study entry. Cox proportional models …
Authors
Twig G; Zucker I; Afek A; Cukierman-Yaffe T; Bendor CD; Derazne E; Lutski M; Shohat T; Mosenzon O; Tzur D
Journal
Diabetes Care, Vol. 43, No. 7, pp. 1487–1495
Publisher
American Diabetes Association
Publication Date
July 1, 2020
DOI
10.2337/dc19-1988
ISSN
0149-5992