Open AccessImpact of birth weight on adult-onset diabetes mellitus in relation to current body mass index: The Japan Nurses' Health Study
Author(s) -
Kota Katanoda,
Minoru Noda,
Atsushi Goto,
Hideki Mizunuma,
Jung Su Lee,
Kyozo Hayashi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.679
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1349-9092
pISSN - 0917-5040
DOI - 10.1016/j.je.2016.08.016
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , birth weight , odds ratio , gestational age , obstetrics , gestational diabetes , confidence interval , percentile , pregnancy , demography , pediatrics , gestation , statistics , genetics , mathematics , sociology , biology
Although birth weight is considered as a fetal determinant of the development of adult-onset diabetes mellitus (DM), its public health importance relative to adult body mass index (BMI) remains unclear. We aimed to examine the association between adult-onset DM and birth weight in relation to adult BMI.