Association Between Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease in Elderly Patients With Diabetes: A Retrospective Cohort Study
- Authors
- Hong, Sangmo; Park, Jung Hwan; Han, Kyungdo; Lee, Chang Beom; Kim, Dong Sun; Yu, Sung Hoon
- Issue Date
- Feb-2022
- Publisher
- ENDOCRINE SOC
- Keywords
- obesity; cardiovascular disease; elderly; mortality; waist circumference
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, v.107, no.2, pp.E515 - E527
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
- Volume
- 107
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- E515
- End Page
- E527
- URI
- http://scholarworks.bwise.kr/ssu/handle/2018.sw.ssu/42003
- DOI
- 10.1210/clinem/dgab714
- ISSN
- 0021-972X
- Abstract
- Context: Some studies have suggested that patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) concomitant with obesity have better clinical outcomes than normal-weight patients with T2DM. Objective: We evaluated associations among obesity, cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, and mortality in elderly patients with T2DM without CVD. Methods: This retrospective observational study from 2009 to 2017, with a mean follow-up of 7.26 years, included 249 903 elderly (>= 65 years) patients with T2DM and no preexisting CVD from the Korean National Health Information Database. We categorized subjects according to body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) and analyzed a composite of stroke, myocardial infarction, and all-cause death using Cox proportional hazards regression analysis, adjusting for baseline covariates. Results: The incidence rate of composite primary outcomes was 30.95/1000 person-years. The primary outcome risk had an L-shaped and a U-shaped association with BMI and WC, respectively. In the multivariable Cox proportional hazard models, the risk of primary composite outcomes in the highest BMI group (>= 30 kg/m(2); hazard ratio [HR] = 0.824; 95% CI, 0.794-0.855) was lower than in the normal BMI group (>= 18.5 and < 23 kg/m(2)). Conversely, that in the highest WC group (>= 100 cm/>= 95 cm; men/women; HR = 1.434; 95% CI, 1.384-1.486) was higher than in the normal WC group (< 90 cm/< 85 cm; men/women). Conclusion: Our study with elderly patients with diabetes results suggest that while BMI is an inadequate risk indicator for outcomes related to obesity, WC is a suitable alternative.
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