Non-linear relationship between relative fat mass and diabetes risk in Japanese adults: a retrospective cohort study.

Publisher: Nature Publishing Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101563288 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2045-2322 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20452322 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sci Rep Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: London : Nature Publishing Group, copyright 2011-

Diabetes Mellitus*/epidemiology; Humans ; Male ; Female ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Japan/epidemiology ; Adult ; Risk Factors ; Proportional Hazards Models ; Adipose Tissue ; Aged ; Incidence ; Body Mass Index ; East Asian People

Background: Relative fat mass (RFM) represents a newly developed sex-specific anthropometric formula to estimate total body fat percentage. Nonetheless, research examining the correlation between RFM and the risk of diabetes remains scarce. This research assessed the link between RFM and DM risk within the Japanese demographic.
Methods: From 2004 to 2015, 15,462 Japanese individuals without diabetes underwent physical evaluations at Murakami Memorial Hospital. The relationship between RFM and the onset of diabetes was analyzed separately using Cox proportional-hazards regression models. This study employed Cox proportional hazards regression incorporating cubic spline functions and smooth curve fitting to detect non-linear associations between RFM and new cases of diabetes, categorized by sex. Sensitivity analyses were performed to confirm the robustness of the link between RFM and incident diabetes.
Results: After controlling for confounding factors, a significant positive correlation between RFM and diabetes risk was found in women (HR: 1.13, 95%CI: 1.04-1.24, P = 0.0061), while the association in men was not statistically significant (HR: 1.05, 95%CI: 0.98-1.13, P = 0.1511). Additionally, a non-linear relationship between RFM and the incidence of diabetes was detected in both genders. The RFM threshold was identified at 39.23 for women and 23.08 for men. For women, HR was 1.11 (95%CI: 1.01-1.21) below the threshold and 1.39 (95%CI: 1.17-1.65) above it. In men, an RFM above 23.08 was positively related to diabetes risk (HR: 1.16, 95%CI: 1.06-1.28, P = 0.0012), whereas an RFM below this point did not show a significant association (HR: 0.98, 95%CI: 0.91-1.06, P = 0.5899).
Conclusion: Our findings suggest a non-linear relationship and threshold effect between RFM and the risk of diabetes. These findings imply that maintaining RFM at lower levels may be beneficial in mitigating the onset of DM.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)

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Keywords: Adiposity; Diabetes mellitus; Non-linear; Relative fat mass; Waist circumference

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