Being overweight linked to longer life in older diabetics
Among older patients with diabetes, those who are overweight or obese may have a lower risk of dying prematurely than their normal weight counterparts. The finding comes from a recent analysis of published studies.
In the Journal of Diabetes Investigation analysis of 20 studies with 250,016 patients with diabetes, overweight patients had an 18% reduced risk of early death compared with normal weight patients; however, the survival benefits were only observed in older patients and not in younger patients.
Furthermore, the beneficial impacts lessened over time.
More information: Fei Gao et al, Impact of obesity on mortality in patients with diabetes: Meta-analysis of 20 studies including 250,016 patients, Journal of Diabetes Investigation (2017). DOI: 10.1111/jdi.12677
