Body-Weight Fluctuation and Incident Diabetes Mellitus, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mortality: A 16-Year Prospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Tae Jung Oh,
Jae Hoon Moon,
Sung Hee Choi,
Soo Lim,
Kyong Soo Park,
Nam H. Cho,
Hak Chul Jang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2018-01239
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , diabetes mellitus , context (archaeology) , obesity , prospective cohort study , population , cohort study , epidemiology , coronary artery disease , cardiology , endocrinology , paleontology , environmental health , biology
Body-weight fluctuation (weight cycling) has been found to be associated with higher mortality and cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease. However, there are very limited data regarding the relationship between body-weight fluctuation and health-related outcomes in the general population.
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