Obesity mediates the opposite association of education and diabetes in Chinese men and women: Results from the REACTION study.
Yuanyue ZhuChunyan HuLin LinShuangyuan WangHong LinYanan HuoQin WanYingfen QinRu-Ying HuLixin ShiQing SuXuefeng YuLi YanGuijun QinXulei TangGang ChenYanan HouYu XuTian-Ge WangZhi-Yun ZhaoZhengnan GaoGuixia WangFeixia ShenZuo-Jie LuoLi ChenQiang LiZhen YeYinfei ZhangChao LiuYoumin WangShengli WuTao YangHuacong DengLulu ChenTianshu ZengJiajun ZhaoYi-Ming MuWeiqing WangGuang NingYufang BiYuhong ChenJie-Li LuPublished in: Journal of diabetes (2022)
In a general Chinese population, the association between education level and diabetes was positive in men but negative in women. Obesity was the major mediator underlying the education disparities of diabetes risk, with a stronger mediation effect among women.