Is the Obesity Paradox in Type 2 Diabetes Due to Artefacts of Biases? An Analysis of Pooled Cohort Data from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study and the Study of Health in Pomerania.
Bernd KowallAndreas StangRaimund ErbelSusanne MoebusAstrid PetersmannAntje StevelingKarl-Heinz JöckelHenry VölzkePublished in: Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy (2020)
In a cohort of 1187 persons with diabetes, mortality risk was lowest in persons with moderate obesity. We cannot explain this result by a variety of sensitivity analyses.
Keyphrases
- type diabetes
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- cardiovascular disease
- healthcare
- weight loss
- glycemic control
- public health
- weight gain
- randomized controlled trial
- mental health
- clinical trial
- machine learning
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- high fat diet induced
- electronic health record
- artificial intelligence
- data analysis