Weight loss and mortality risk in patients with different adiposity at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal cohort study.

Ebenezer S Adjah OwusuMayukh SamantaJonathan E ShawAzeem MajeedKamlesh KhuntiSanjoy K Paul

Published in: Nutrition & diabetes (2018)

Weight loss before the diagnosis of T2DM was not associated with the observed increased mortality risk in normal weight patients with T2DM. This emphasises the importance of addressing risk factors post diagnosis for excess mortality in this group.

Keyphrases

weight loss
glycemic control
risk factors
bariatric surgery
type diabetes
roux en y gastric bypass
gastric bypass
weight gain
insulin resistance
cardiovascular disease
body mass index
cardiovascular events
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue