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Obesity and Life Expectancy with and without Diabetes in Adults Aged 55 Years and Older in the Netherlands: A Prospective Cohort Study |
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| Authors: | Klodian Dhana Jana Nano Symen Ligthart Anna Peeters Albert Hofman Wilma Nusselder Abbas Dehghan Oscar H. Franco |
| Affiliation: | 1Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands;2Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia;3Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America;4Public Health Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands;University of Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM |
| Abstract: | BackgroundOverweight and obesity are associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Limited evidence exists regarding the effect of excess weight on years lived with and without diabetes. We aimed to determine the association of overweight and obesity with the number of years lived with and without diabetes in a middle-aged and elderly population.ConclusionsObesity in the middle aged and elderly is associated with a reduction in the number of years lived free of diabetes and an increase in the number of years lived with diabetes. Those extra years lived with morbidity might place a high toll on individuals and health care systems. |
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