Body mass index and diabetes in Asia: a cross-sectional pooled analysis of 900,000 individuals in the Asia cohort consortium.

Boffetta, Paolo; McLerran, Dale; Chen, Yu; Inoue, Manami; Sinha, Rashmi; He, Jiang; Chandra Gupta, Prakash; Tsugane, Shoichiro; Irie, Fujiko; Tamakoshi, Akiko; Gao, Yu-Tang; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Wang, Renwei; Tsuji, Ichiro; Kuriyama, Shinichi; Matsuo, Keitaro; Satoh, Hiroshi; Chen, Chien-Jen; Yuan, Jian-Min; Yoo, Keun-Young; Ahsan, Habibul; Pan, Wen-Harn; Gu, Dongfeng; Suryakant Pednekar, Mangesh; Sasazuki, Shizuka; Sairenchi, Toshimi; Yang, Gong; Xiang, Yong-Bing; Nagai, Masato; Tanaka, Hideo; Nishino, Yoshikazu; You, San-Lin; Koh, Woon-Puay; K Park, Sue; Shen, Chen-Yang; Thornquist, Mark; Kang, Daehee; Rolland, Betsy; Feng, Ziding; Zheng, Wei; D Potter, John

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019930

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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

Dale McLerran

Yu Chen

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The occurrence of diabetes has greatly increased in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Asia, as has the prevalence of overweight and obesity; in European-derived populations, overweight and obesity are established causes of diabetes. The shape of the association of overwei...

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