Research
Metabolic adaptation
Overweight subjects with abdominal obesity reported a significantly higher prevalence of diabetes (13%) compared to those without abdominal obesity (7%, p = 0.04).
Interventions targeting abdominal obesity may reduce diabetes risk in overweight individuals.
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Overweight subjects with AO reported a significantly higher prevalence of diabetes (13%) compared with overweight subjects with NAO (7%, p = 0.04).
Why this rating
The study is a prospective cohort design.
Source
PROCEED: Prospective Obesity Cohort of Economic Evaluation and Determinants: baseline health and healthcare utilization of the US sample*
Alexander M. Wolf et al. · Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism · 2008
cohort · n=1067Cited 24×
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