Body Mass Index and Diabetes Incidence Across the Adult Lifespan: The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
WHO-defined BMI categories do not reflect similar diabetes risk across the lifespan. Diabetes incidence is greater at lower levels of BMI in older adults and may lead to underestimation of diabetes risk with aging, particularly among those traditionally classified as normal-weight individuals.
Authors
- Josephine M. Egan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8945-0053)
- E. Jeffrey Metter
- Rita Rastogi Kalyani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1530-6884)
- Luigi Ferrucci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6273-1613)
- Noemi Malandrino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5587-1127)
- Chee W. Chia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3218-0141)
- Jeremy Walston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6965-2723)
- Eleanor Marie Simonsick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5460-3494)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Institute on Aging (US)
- National Institute on Aging (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Endocrine Society
- Published
- 2024-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvae156
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.33
Funders
- Johns Hopkins University
- National Institutes of Health