Quantifying the Sex-Race/Ethnicity-Specific Burden of Obesity on Incident Diabetes Mellitus in the United States, 2001 to 2016: MESA and NHANES

• Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association Vol. 10; no. 4; p. e018799
• Main Authors: Cameron, Natalie A, Petito, Lucia C, McCabe, Megan, Allen, Norrina B, O'Brien, Matthew J, Carnethon, Mercedes R, Khan, Sadiya S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley and Sons Inc 16.02.2021; Wiley
• Subjects: diabetes mellitus; obesity; Original Research; population attributable fraction; diabetes mellitus; obesity; population attributable fraction

Background Given the increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in the United States, estimating the effects of population-level increases in obesity on incident DM has substantial implications for public health policy. Therefore, we determined the population attributable fraction, which accoun...