DOC News August 1, 2007
Volume 4 Number 8 p. 10
© 2007 American Diabetes Association
Midlife BMI Predicts Diabetes Risk
Compared with weight change, body mass index (BMI) more strongly predicts a
woman's risk of developing diabetes in the years following her late 40s,
according to a recently reported survey that tracked 7,239 women in Australia
for 8 years.
Participants were 45–50 years old at the beginning of the study.
Analysis from self-reported follow-up surveys reveals that, compared with
those with a BMI of <25, women who had a BMI of 
25 were much more
likely to develop diabetes.
Women with a BMI of 35 were 12 times more likely to develop diabetes
than those with BMIs
<25.
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No associations were seen between diabetes and weight gain or loss during
the study period. Because the initial BMI factors so heavily into the risk of
diabetes, clinicians should promote prevention of weight gain before and
during early adulthood, the researchers conclude.
Mishra GD, Carrigan G, Brown WJ, et al.: Short-term weight
change and the incidence of diabetes in midlife. Diabetes
Care 30: 1418,
1424, 2007.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
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