Title | Duration and Degree of Weight Gain and Incident Diabetes in Younger Versus Middle-Aged Black and White Adults: ARIC, CARDIA, and the Framingham Heart Study. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2015 |
Authors | Wei GS, Coady SA, Reis JP, Carnethon MR, Coresh JJ, D'Agostino RB, Goff DC, Jacobs DR, Selvin E |
Secondary Authors | Fox CS |
Journal | Diabetes Care |
Volume | 38 |
Issue | 11 |
Pagination | 2042-9 |
Date Published | 2015 Nov |
ISSN | 1935-5548 |
Keywords | Adolescent, Adult, African Continental Ancestry Group, Aged, Child, Child, Preschool, Cohort Studies, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Humans, Incidence, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Time Factors, United States, Weight Gain, Young Adult |
Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To determine whether duration and degree of weight gain are differentially associated with diabetes risk in younger versus middle-aged black and white adults. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We combined data from three cohort studies: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC), Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA), and the Framingham Heart Study. A total of 17,404 participants (56% women; 21% black) were stratified by baseline age (younger: ≥30 and RESULTS: Diabetes incidence per 1,000 person-years in the younger and middle-aged groups was 7.2 (95% CI 5.7, 8.7) and 24.4 (22.0, 26.8) in blacks, respectively, and 3.4 (2.8, 4.0) and 10.5 (9.9, 11.2) in whites, respectively. After adjusting for sex, baseline BMI and other cardiometabolic factors, and age and race interaction terms, gains in BMI-years were associated with higher risk of diabetes in the younger compared with middle-aged groups: hazard ratios for 1-unit increase in log BMI-years in younger versus middle-aged blacks were 1.18 (P = 0.02) and 1.02 (P = 0.39), respectively (P for interaction by age-group = 0.047), and in whites were 1.35 (P CONCLUSIONS: Although middle-aged adults have higher rates of diabetes, younger adults are at greater relative risk of developing diabetes for a given level of duration and degree of weight gain. |
DOI | 10.2337/dc14-2770 |
Alternate Journal | Diabetes Care |
PubMed ID | 26358286 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC4613922 |
Grant List | HHSN268201100012C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-25195 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201100009I / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201300026C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201100010C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States AG0005 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201300029C / / PHS HHS / United States HHSN268201100008C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States UL1 TR001079 / TR / NCATS NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201100005G / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201300025C / / PHS HHS / United States HHSN268201100008I / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201100005C / / PHS HHS / United States HHSN268201100007C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201100009C / / PHS HHS / United States HHSN268201100011I / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201100011C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201300025C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201100010C / / PHS HHS / United States HHSN268201300028C / / PHS HHS / United States HHSN268201300027C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201100006C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States / / Intramural NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201100008C / / PHS HHS / United States HHSN268201100012C / / PHS HHS / United States HHSN268200900041C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201300028C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201100005I / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201300026C / / PHS HHS / United States HHSN268200900041C / / PHS HHS / United States HHSN268201100007C / / PHS HHS / United States HHSN268201100009C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201100011C / / PHS HHS / United States HHSN268201100005C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01HC25195 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201100007I / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States HHSN268201300027C / / PHS HHS / United States HHSN268201100006C / / PHS HHS / United States HHSN268201300029C / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States |