Body-mass index and diabetes risk in 57 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative, individual-level data in 685 616 adults

The prevalence of overweight, obesity, and diabetes is rising rapidly in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), but there are scant empirical data on the association between body-mass index (BMI) and diabetes in these settings. In this cross-sectional study, we pooled individual-level data...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 398; no. 10296; pp. 238 - 248
Main Authors:	Teufel, Felix, Seiglie, Jacqueline A, Geldsetzer, Pascal, Theilmann, Michaela, Marcus, Maja E, Ebert, Cara, Arboleda, William Andres Lopez, Agoudavi, Kokou, Andall-Brereton, Glennis, Aryal, Krishna K, Bicaba, Brice Wilfried, Brian, Garry, Bovet, Pascal, Dorobantu, Maria, Gurung, Mongal Singh, Guwatudde, David, Houehanou, Corine, Houinato, Dismand, Jorgensen, Jutta M Adelin, Kagaruki, Gibson B, Karki, Khem B, Labadarios, Demetre, Martins, Joao S, Mayige, Mary T, McClure, Roy Wong, Mwangi, Joseph Kibachio, Mwalim, Omar, Norov, Bolormaa, Crooks, Sarah, Farzadfar, Farshad, Moghaddam, Sahar Saeedi, Silver, Bahendeka K, Sturua, Lela, Wesseh, Chea Stanford, Stokes, Andrew C, Essien, Utibe R, De Neve, Jan-Walter, Atun, Rifat, Davies, Justine I, Vollmer, Sebastian, Bärnighausen, Till W, Ali, Mohammed K, Meigs, James B, Wexler, Deborah J, Manne-Goehler, Jennifer
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 17.07.2021 Elsevier B.V Elsevier Limited Elsevier
Subjects:	Adult Biomarkers Body Mass Index Body weight Cross-Sectional Studies Datasets Developing Countries - statistics & numerical data Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus - diagnosis Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology Empirical analysis Fasting Female Global Health Glucose Glycated Hemoglobin - analysis Health risks Health Surveys Hemoglobin Humans Income Infectious diseases Life Sciences Low income groups Male Men Metabolism Middle Aged Obesity Obesity - epidemiology Overweight Plasma Polls & surveys Population Poverty Prevalence Public health Santé publique et épidémiologie Screening Sex Thresholds Trends Women South Africa Massachusetts Asia United States > US Africa Tanzania India
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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