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Impact of body fat percentage change on future diabetes in subjects with normal glucose tolerance
Author(s) -
Zhao Tianxue,
Lin Ziwei,
Zhu Hui,
Wang Chen,
Jia Weiping
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
iubmb life
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.132
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1521-6551
pISSN - 1521-6543
DOI - 10.1002/iub.1693
Subject(s) - bioelectrical impedance analysis , medicine , diabetes mellitus , body mass index , obesity , confounding , endocrinology , population , confidence interval , environmental health
The aim of the work was to determine the effect of body fat change on risk of diabetes in normal glucose tolerance (NGT) population. A total of 1,857 NGT subjects were included and followed up for an average period of 44.57 months. Body fat percentage (BF%) was measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis. Subjects were grouped based on the BF% and/or body mass index (BMI) state. Among all subjects, 28 developed diabetes after follow‐up. Compared with subjects with stable normal BF% (control), subjects who became obesity at follow‐up were defects in insulin secretion and had a higher risk of developing diabetes (7.102, 95% confidence intervals [CI] 1.740–28.993), while no difference in diabetic risk could be viewed between subjects with abnormal BF% at baseline but normal at the end of follow‐up and control subjects after adjustment of confounding factors. Moreover, compared with those keeping normal BF% and BMI both at baseline and follow‐up, subjects who had normal BMI at baseline and follow‐up, but abnormal BF% at baseline or/and follow‐up still had a higher risk to develop diabetes (4.790, 95% CI 1.061–21.621), while those with normal BF% at baseline and follow‐up, but abnormal BMI at baseline or/and follow‐up had not. Subjects from normal BF% at baseline to obese at follow‐up are associated with an increased risk of diabetes. Maintaining normal body fat is more relevant than BMI in preventing diabetes. © 2017 IUBMB Life, 69(12):947–955, 2017