Journal article
Diabetes Risk Among Overweight and Obese Metabolically Healthy Young Adults
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine diabetes incidence over time among obese young adults without metabolic risk factors.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Incident diabetes during a median follow-up of 6.1 years was assessed among 33,939 young men (mean age 30.9 ± 5.2 years) of the Metabolic, Lifestyle and Nutrition Assessment in Young Adults cohort who were stratified for BMI and the number of metabolic abnormalities (based on the Adult Treatment Panel-III). …
Authors
Twig G; Afek A; Derazne E; Tzur D; Cukierman-Yaffe T; Gerstein HC; Tirosh A
Journal
Diabetes Care, Vol. 37, No. 11, pp. 2989–2995
Publisher
American Diabetes Association
Publication Date
November 1, 2014
DOI
10.2337/dc14-0869
ISSN
0149-5992