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2228411

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
In order to examine sex differences in the association of obesity with the risk of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) when using the body mass index (BMI), we compared unisex body mass index classifications with sex-specific categories, as defined by the Metropolitan Life Tables, based on their utility in predicting the 12-year incidence of NIDDM in men and women. The present analysis included all 747 men and 969 women from a defined older caucasian population in Rancho Bernardo, California, who were 40 years of age or older at the baseline examination in 1972-1974 and who had complete diabetes-related data available then and between 1984-1987. The 12-year age-adjusted incidence rates for NIDDM increased with increasing BMI among women (all steps significant), but was significantly increased only in the most obese category of men (relative risk (RR) = 2.3, P less than 0.05 for men; RR = 3.8, P less than 0.001 for women). Men and women had nearly identical rates of NIDDM in this obese category. When identical (unisex) BMI cutpoints were used, results were the same; (RR = 2.4, P less than 0.05 for men; RR = 3.1, P less than 0.01 for women). These data indicate that unisex and sex-specific cutpoints for BMI identify the same sex-specific patterns of association between obesity and risk of NIDDM.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0307-0565
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
803-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Sex-specific vs. unisex body mass indices as predictors of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in older adults.
pubmed:affiliation
University of California, San Diego, Department of Community and Family Medicine, La Jolla 92093.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't