Do men develop type 2 diabetes at lower body mass indices than women?

Scottish Diabetes Research Network Epidemiology Group; J Logue; J J Walker; H M Colhoun; G P Leese; R S Lindsay; J A McKnight; Andrew Morris; D W Pearson; J R Petrie; S Philip; S H Wild; N Sattar

doi:10.1007/s00125-011-2313-3

Do men develop type 2 diabetes at lower body mass indices than women?

Scottish Diabetes Research Network Epidemiology Group, J Logue, J J Walker, H M Colhoun, G P Leese, R S Lindsay, J A McKnight, Andrew Morris, D W Pearson, J R Petrie, S Philip, S H Wild, N Sattar

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To describe the associations between age, sex and BMI at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, and test the hypothesis that men are diagnosed with diabetes at lower average BMI than women of similar age.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3003-6
Number of pages	4
Journal	Diabetologia
Volume	54
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-011-2313-3
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Scottish Diabetes Research Network Epidemiology Group, Logue, J., Walker, J. J., Colhoun, H. M., Leese, G. P., Lindsay, R. S., McKnight, J. A., Morris, A., Pearson, D. W., Petrie, J. R., Philip, S., Wild, S. H., & Sattar, N. (2011). Do men develop type 2 diabetes at lower body mass indices than women? Diabetologia, 54(12), 3003-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-011-2313-3

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