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November 25, 2016Diabetologia151 citationsOpen Access

Nonlinear association of BMI with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 414,587 participants in prospective studies

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FZFrancesco ZaccardiNDNafeesa DhalwaniDPDimitris Papamargaritis

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In type 2 diabetes, BMI is nonlinearly associated with all-cause mortality with lowest risk in the overweight group in both men and women. Further research is needed to clarify the relationship with cardiovascular mortality and assess causality and sex differences.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8d82e183921ebcaae3db6https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-016-4162-6
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