Sex difference in the associations among obesity-related indices with incidence of diabetes mellitus in a large Taiwanese population follow-up study

• Main Authors: Tung-Ling Chung (Author), Yi-Hsueh Liu (Author), Pei-Yu Wu (Author), Jiun-Chi Huang (Author), Szu-Chia Chen (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundObesity is a major risk factor for diabetes mellitus (DM), which is in turn a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as coronary artery disease and stroke. As few studies have investigated sex differences in the association between obesity and incidence of DM, the aim of this l...