Type 2 Diabetes Prevalence in Asian Subjects
Response to McNeely and Boyko
- Hirohito Sone, MD, PHD, FACP1,
- Sachiko Mizuno, MS2,
- Yasushi Ohashi, PHD2 and
- Nobuhiro Yamada, MD, PHD1
- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- 2Department of Biostatistics/Epidemiology and Preventive Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Address correspondence to Nobuhiro Yamada, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 305-8575. E-mail: jdcstudy{at}md.tsukuba.ac.jp
McNeely and Boyko (1) recently demonstrated that the BMI-adjusted odds ratio for type 2 diabetes in Asian Americans was 1.6 times that of white Americans. Interestingly, there was no significant difference between the preadjusted values of these two ethnic groups. As the BMI adjustment only affected Asians, it is possible that the influence of BMI on the development of type 2 diabetes is more potent in Asians than in other ethnic …
