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Participants in a study who were normal weight at the time of a diagnosis of diabetes experienced higher rates of total and noncardiovascular death compared with those who were overweight or obese at diabetes diagnosis, according to a study published in the August 8 issue of JAMA.
"Type 2 diabetes in normal-weight adults is an understudied representation of the metabolically obese normal-weight phenotype that has become increasingly common over time," wrote Mercedes R. Carnethon, PhD, Northwester University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Participants in a study who were normal weight at the time of a diagnosis of diabetes experienced higher rates of total and noncardiovascular death compared with those who were overweight or obese at diabetes diagnosis, according to a study published in the August 8 issue of JAMA.
"Type 2 diabetes in normal-weight adults is an understudied representation of the metabolically obese normal-weight phenotype that has become increasingly common over time," wrote Mercedes R. Carnethon, PhD, Northwester University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
