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Various Adiposity Measures Show Similar Positive Associations With Type 2 Diabetes in Caucasians, Native Hawaiians, and Japanese Americans

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: The authors evaluated the association of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and hip circumference (HC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) with diabetes in Caucasians, Native Hawaiians, and Japanese Americans aged 45 to 75 years in the Multiethnic Cohort. Diabetes cases were obtained from self-reports and by linkages with health insurance plans. The authors estimated adjusted prevalence odds ratios (PORs) and compared the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC). All measures were positively associated with diabetes prevalence; the PORs were 1.25 to 1.64 in men and 1.52 to 1.83 in women. In all 3 ethnic groups, the AUCs in men were greater for BMI than for the other measures, whereas in women, the AUCs were greater for combined models than for BMI alone, but the differences were small and not clinically significant. It does not appear that one anthropometric measure best reflects diabetes prevalence or performs better in one ethnic group than in another.

Source: Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.1177/1010539512440819

Authors: Astrid Steinbrecher, Sreang Heak, Yukiko Morimoto, Andrew Grandinetti, Larry N. Kolonel, Gertraud Maskarinec

Institutions: University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Hawaii System

Language: English

Topic: Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Kaiser Permanente, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases