Weight Trends in Veterans With and Without Diabetes, 2000 to 2014.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to assess weight trends and diabetes prevalence among US veterans.

Methods

Information from the Veterans Affairs Informatics and Computing Infrastructure Corporate Data Warehouse was used to construct data sets that included demographic data, diabetes status, and weight observations for males and females. Secular and longitudinal trends in mean weight were analyzed.

Results

A total of 4,527,865 patients born from 1915 to 1984 with weight data during 2000 to 2014 were included; 36.8% had diabetes. Mean weight at baseline was higher in men and women with diabetes (97 kg and 88 kg, respectively) than in men and women without diabetes (86 kg and 76 kg, respectively). Mean weight increased from 2000 to 2014 (P < 0.001) at rates of 0.36 k

SUBMITTER: Tamas MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6284820 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature