Background: Obesity is a risk factor for many diseases, diagnosed by calculating body mass
index (BMI). Methods: To find an association between BMI and mortality in adults, we …

Objectives The lower risk of death in overweight or obese patients, compared with normal-
weight individuals, has caused confusion for patients with diabetes and healthcare …

Background/Purpose Although obesity is becoming a major public health problem, data are
limited on the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and survival in Taiwanese …

Mortality rate of diabetic patients is twice as much that of non-diabetic individuals. The role of
obesity on mortality risk in patients with type 2 diabetes is controversial. Aim of our study was …

Background Diabetes mellitus is associated with differing rates of all-cause and cause-
specific mortality compared with the general population; although the strength of these …

Aim To examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality among
middle-aged people with diabetes in Japan. Methods A total of 3032 men and 1615 women …

Obesity is a chronic relapsing disease that is clearly associated with increased risk of
developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and many cancers leading to reduced …

Aims/hypothesis Thus far, it is unclear whether lifestyle recommendations for people with
diabetes should be different from those for the general public. We investigated whether the …

Abundances of study in different population have noted that obese cardiovascular disease
(CVD) patients have a better prognosis than leaner patients, which refer to the phenomenon …

Objectives There is an established causal link between obesity and cardiovascular
outcomes. The aim of this review was to determine whether an independent relationship …