Associations between diabesity and all-cause mortality: a prospective analysis of the Chilean National Health Survey 2009-2010

Fabián Lanuza, Felipe Díaz-Toro, Claudia Troncoso-Pantoja, Ana María Leiva, Gabriela Nazar, Yeny Concha-Cisternas, Miquel Martorell, Ana María Labraña, Solange Parra-Soto, Karina Ramírez-Alarcón, Marcelo Villagrán, Nicole Lasserre-Laso, Carolina Ochoa-Rosales, Lorena Mardones, Fernanda Carrasco-Marín, Nicolas Martínez-Maturana, Carlos Celis-Morales, Fanny Petermann-Rocha

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Abstract

Objective. To investigate whether patients with diabesity (the combination of both conditions) have a higher mortality risk than isolated obesity or type 2 diabetes (T2D), particularly when waist-circumference (WC) is used as a criterion for obesity. Materials and methods. This longitudinal study included 4 514 Chilean participants from the Chilean National Health Survey 2009 and 2010. Participants were categorized into four groups based on WC and diagnosis of diabetes: a) normal, b) abdominal obesity-only, c) T2D-only, and d) diabesity. Cox proportional hazard models were performed to investigate the associations between diabesity and all-cause mortality. Analyses were also replicated using body mass index (BMI) categories. Results. After a median follow-up of 10.9 years, 445 (9.9%) participants died. In the fully-adjusted model, compared with participants with normal-conditions, those with diabesity had 1.37 (95%CI: 1.01,1.85) times higher all-cause mortality risk. Conclusions. Individuals with diabesity had a higher mortality risk compared to their counterparts. The WC instead of BMI can be a more sensitive predictor of mortality risk in the Chilean population.

Translated title of the contributionAsociaciones entre diabesidad y mortalidad por todas las causas: un análisis prospectivo de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud de Chile 2009-2010
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)798-806
Number of pages9
JournalSalud Publica de Mexico
Volume66
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • central obesity
  • diabesity
  • diabetes mellitus
  • mortalities
  • overnutrition

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