Body Mass Index and Diabetes in Asia: A Cross-Sectional Pooled Analysis of 900,000 Individuals in the Asia Cohort Consortium

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Authors

Paolo Boffetta · International Prevention Research Institute

Dale McLerran · Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Yu Chen · New York University

Manami Inoue

Rashmi Sinha · National Cancer Institute

Jiang He · Tulane University

Prakash C. Gupta · Healis Sekhsaria Institute For Public Health

Abstract

This study estimated the shape and the strength of the association between BMI and prevalence of diabetes in Asian populations and identified patterns of the association by age, country, and other risk factors for diabetes.

Topics & Keywords

Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Diet, Metabolism, and Disease

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 6, Issue 6, pp. e19930-e19930

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019930

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