ArticleDiabetologia2020
Complex interaction of fasting glucose, body mass index, age and sex on all-cause mortality: a cohort study in 15 million Korean adults.
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- 6-Year trajectory of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and mortality risk among individuals with normal FPG at baseline: a prospective cohort study.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2023Article
- Association of body roundness index and its trajectories with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among a Chinese middle-aged and older population: A retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Associations between the triglyceride-glucose index and cardiovascular disease in over 150,000 cancer survivors: a population-based cohort study.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2022Article
- Association of Physical Activity and Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Outcomes in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
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Abstract
aims/hypothesisThe aim of this work was to examine whether synergistic associations with mortality exist for BMI and fasting blood glucose (FBG) and to identify FBG-BMI combined subgroups with higher mortality according to sex and age.
methodsA total of 15,149,275 Korean adults participated in health examinations during 2003-2006 and were followed up until December 2018. Mortality HRs of 40 FBG-BMI combined groups were assessed by Cox proportional hazards models.
resultsDuring a mean 13.7 years of follow-up, 1,213,401 individuals died. A J-shaped association was seen between FBG and all-cause mortality for all BMI categories. Those with BMI <20 kg/m CONCLUSIONS/
interpretationLeanness and hyperglycaemia interact together to increase mortality in a supra-multiplicative manner, especially in younger adults; the interactions of BMI, FBG, sex and age with mortality are complex. Graphical abstract.
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