By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Diabetes Week -- A new study on Health and Medicine is now available. According to news reporting from Gainesville, Florida, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “To examine the value of percent body fat (%BF) with body mass index (BMI) to assess the risk of abnormal blood glucose (ABG) among US adults who are normal weight or overweight. We hypothesised that normal-weight population with higher %BF is more likely to have ABG. A cross-sectional study.”
The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Florida, “National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2006, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Participants were US adults aged 40 and older who have never been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes by a doctor (unweighted n=6335, weighted n=65 705 694). The study population was classified into four groups: (1) normal weight with normal %BF, (2) normal weight with high %BF, (3) overweight with normal %BF and (4) overweight with high %BF. ORs for ABG including pre-diabetes and undiagnosed diabetes (HbA1c {{>=}}5.7%, {{>=}}39 mmol/mol). 64% of population with normal BMI classification had a high %BF. Prevalence of ABG in normal-weight group with high %BF (13.5%) is significantly higher than the overweight group with low %BF (10.5%, p<0.001). In an unadjusted model, the OR of ABG was significantly greater in adults at normal BMI with high %BF compared with individuals at normal weight with low %BF. In an adjusted model controlling for age, sex, race/ethnicity, first-degree-relative diabetes, vigorous-intensity activities and muscle strengthening activities, risks of ABG were greater in population with normal weight and high %BF (OR 1.55, 95% CI 1.01 to 2.38) and with overweight and low %BF (OR 1.17, 95% CI 0.69 to 1.98, p<0.05).”
According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Integrating BMI with %BF can improve in classification to direct screening and prevention efforts to a group currently considered healthy and avoid penalties and stigmatisation of other groups that are classified as high risk of ABG.”
For more information on this research see: Informational value of percent body fat with body mass index for the risk of abnormal blood glucose: a nationally representative cross-sectional study. Bmj Open , 2018;8(4):e019200. (BMJ Publishing Group - http://group.bmj.com/; Bmj Open - http://bmjopen.bmj.com/)
Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting A. Jo, Dept. of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States.
The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019200. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.
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CITATION: (2018-04-30), Studies from University of Florida in the Area of Health and Medicine Described (Informational value of percent body fat with body mass index for the risk of abnormal blood glucose: a nationally representative cross-sectional study), Diabetes Week, 327, ISSN: 1537-1433, BUTTER® ID: 015597188
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