Body mass index and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A prospective cohort study of 11,449 participants

Body mass index and risk of all-cause mortality with normoglycemia, impaired fasting glucose and prevalent diabetes: results from the Rural Chinese Cohort Study

“…Another Hong Kong study reported a V-shaped risk association of BMI and 5.5-year all-cause mortality in 7534 Chinese patients with T2DM 29. The latest investigation of the Kailuan study revealed a U-shaped correlation between BMI and 7-year all-cause mortality among 11 449 adults with T2DM 28. However, this study should also be interpreted with caution because of the imbalanced sex ratio (men: 83.1%), non-generalised population (occupational population) and insufficient accounting for potential confounders.…”

Body mass index and the risk of mortality among Chinese adults with Type 2 diabetes

“…In a pooled analysis of 2620 Japanese people with Type 2 diabetes followed up for 6.3 years, the lowest mortality rate was observed among those with a BMI of 18.5-24.9 kg/m 2 and being obese had no benefits regarding mortality [23]. A study in northern China with 11 449 people with Type 2 diabetes showed that the risk for all-cause mortality was lower in the overweight and the obese groups than those in the normal weight and the underweight groups [24]. These previous studies, however, did not evaluate the associations stratified by sex.…”

Influence of Obesity in Mortality in Hospitalized Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

“…Liu, et al report in a recent work an association between body-mass index and mortality in Chinese adults with T2DM during a mean follow-up period of 7.25 ± 1.42-years. The risk for allcause mortality was lower in the overweight and the obese groups than in those in the normal weight and the underweight groups [37].…”