Midlife weight gain, central adiposity, and diabetes risk

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Midlife weight gain, central adiposity, and diabetes risk

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As BMI, waist/hip ratio, and other markers of central body fat at age >65 went up, so did the risk of new diabetes later on, in a prospective analysis of a US cohort. But the increased risk was attenuated in one particular subgroup.

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