{"title":"Association between long-term changes in obesity-related anthropometric indicators and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the older population.","authors":"Xiaomin Xu, Lirong Li, Fengmei Chen, Zhirong Guo","doi":"10.1177/03000605251348229","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ObjectiveTo investigate the association of long-term changes in body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio with the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the older population.MethodsWe conducted a prospective cohort study in Jiangsu Province, China. Data from 593 participants who were aged ≥60 years were analyzed. The hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals were estimated using the Cox proportional hazards model.ResultsOver a median follow-up period of 5.08 years, 70 participants (11.80%) developed type 2 diabetes mellitus. Compared with participants with persistently normal body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio, those in whom these parameters changed from normal to abnormal and those in whom these parameters were persistently abnormal had a significantly higher risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, with adjusted hazard ratios of 2.11 (95% confidence interval: 1.05-4.26) and 2.37 (95% confidence interval: 1.21-4.63) for body mass index, 2.75 (95% confidence interval: 1.16-6.51) and 2.32 (95% confidence interval: 1.29-4.16) for waist circumference, and 2.24 (95% confidence interval: 1.14-5.91) and 4.11 (95% confidence interval: 2.21-7.68) for waist-to-height ratio, respectively.ConclusionLong-term changes in obesity-related anthropometric indicators are strongly associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the older population.</p>","PeriodicalId":16129,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Medical Research","volume":"53 6","pages":"3000605251348229"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12163288/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of International Medical Research","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/03000605251348229","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/6/12 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ObjectiveTo investigate the association of long-term changes in body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio with the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the older population.MethodsWe conducted a prospective cohort study in Jiangsu Province, China. Data from 593 participants who were aged ≥60 years were analyzed. The hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals were estimated using the Cox proportional hazards model.ResultsOver a median follow-up period of 5.08 years, 70 participants (11.80%) developed type 2 diabetes mellitus. Compared with participants with persistently normal body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio, those in whom these parameters changed from normal to abnormal and those in whom these parameters were persistently abnormal had a significantly higher risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, with adjusted hazard ratios of 2.11 (95% confidence interval: 1.05-4.26) and 2.37 (95% confidence interval: 1.21-4.63) for body mass index, 2.75 (95% confidence interval: 1.16-6.51) and 2.32 (95% confidence interval: 1.29-4.16) for waist circumference, and 2.24 (95% confidence interval: 1.14-5.91) and 4.11 (95% confidence interval: 2.21-7.68) for waist-to-height ratio, respectively.ConclusionLong-term changes in obesity-related anthropometric indicators are strongly associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the older population.
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