Anthropometric Obesity Measures and Diabetes Progression from Prediabetes in Older Adults: A Comparison of American Diabetes Association and World Health Organization Criteria.
Elevated WC, rather than BMI-based indices or cut-off-based abdominal obesity, was significantly associated with diabetes progression according to the ADA-defined prediabetes criteria. However, both the evaluated WC and general obesity predicted progression to diabetes according to the WHO criteria.
Authors
- Virginia B. Kraus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8173-8258)
- Yan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-3249)
- Zhao Yin
- Xin Gao
- Bo Wen Wang
- Xiu Juan Zhang
- Hui Jie An
Institutions
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-12-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3967/bes2025.090
- Primary Topic
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00