Age of onset of obesity and risk of type 2 diabetes

• Main Authors: Stephanie K. Tanamas (Author), Evelyn Wong (Author), Kathryn Backholer (Author), Asnawi Abdullah (Author), Rory Wolfe (Author), Jan Barendregt (Author), Anna Peeters (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...