Discrepancy Between Genetically Predicted and Observed BMI Predicts Incident Type 2 Diabetes
Having a higher BMI than genetically predicted is associated with an increased risk of T2D. These findings underscore the potential to reassess T2D risk based on individual levels of obesity using genetic thresholds for BMI.
Authors
- Soo Heon Kwak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1230-0919)
- Jun‐Bean Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4053-8713)
- J. Merino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5067-9061)
- Jaewon Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3735-625X)
- Hyunsuk Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9751-5868)
- Tae-Min Rhee
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Seoul National University (KR)
- Novo Nordisk Foundation (DK)
- Seoul National University Hospital (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diabetes Care
- Published
- 2024-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2337/dc24-0879
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.95
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
- Korea Health Industry Development Institute
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Novo Nordisk
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research
- Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Human Genome Research Institute