Estimating the risk of type-2 diabetes using obese-years in a contemporary population of the Framingham Study

• Main Authors: Asnawi Abdullah (Author), Fauzi Ali Amin (Author), Farida Hanum (Author), Johannes Stoelwinder (Author), Stephanie Tanamas (Author), Rory Wolf (Author), Evelyn Wong (Author), Anna Peeters (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: We have recently demonstrated that an obese-years construct is a better predictor of the risk of diabetes than the severity of body weight alone. However, these risk estimates were derived from a population cohort study initiated in 1948 that might not apply to the current population. Ob...