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Body Mass Index, Metabolic Syndrome, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes or Cardiovascular Disease
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2006 · Vol. 91(8) · pp. 2906–2912
James B. Meigs✉(Massachusetts General Hospital)Peter W.F. Wilson(Medical University of South Carolina)Caroline S. Fox(Framingham Heart Study)Ramachandran S. Vasan(National Institutes of Health)David M. Nathan(Harvard University)Lisa Sullivan(Boston University)Ralph B. D’Agostino(Boston University)
Abstract
People with normal weight and MetS or IR or with obesity but no MetS or IR were not uncommon in our sample. Risk factor clustering or IR appear to confer much of the risk for diabetes or CVD commonly associated with elevated BMI.
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsDiet, Metabolism, and DiseaseDiet and metabolism studiesBody mass indexMetabolic syndromeType 2 diabetesDiseaseMedicineDiabetes mellitusIndex (typography)Internal medicineEndocrinologyComputer science
MeSH terms
Blood GlucoseCardiovascular DiseasesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FastingFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInsulin ResistanceLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedObesityRisk FactorsBody Mass IndexProportional Hazards Models
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