Optimal Body Mass Index for Minimizing the Risk for Osteoporosis and Type 2 Diabetes

Overview

Journal Korean J Intern Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2019 Oct 1

PMID 31564086

Citations 12

Authors

Ji Hyun Lee

Jung Hee Kim

A Ram Hong

Sang Wan Kim

Chan Soo Shin

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Abstract

Background/aims: Body mass index (BMI) is positively associated with bone mineral density and type 2 diabetes. We investigated an optimal BMI range for osteoporosis and type 2 diabetes.

Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), 2008 to 2011. We included 3,774 men aged > 50 years and 4,982 postmenopausal women. Logistic regression models were applied to elucidate each BMI category's osteoporosis and diabetes risks.

Results: The prevalence of osteoporosis was 9.0% for men and 40.8% for women. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in men was 19.7% and in women was 15.5%. In men with BMI > 25 kg/m2, the osteoporosis risk did not further increase as BMI increased. In women, BMI was linearly associated with osteoporosis risk without a plateau. In both men and women, higher BMI was associated with a higher type 2 diabetes risk. Men with a BMI of 23.0 to 24.9 kg/m2 harbored about a 30% lower osteoporosis risk than and a similar diabetes risk to those with a BMI of 21.0 to 22.9 kg/m2. In women with a BMI of 23.0 to 24.9 kg/m2, the adjusted odds ratio for osteoporosis was 0.72 (95% confidence interval, 0.59 to 0.87); the diabetes risk was not higher than in those with a BMI of 21.0 to 22.9 kg/m2.

Conclusion: For Korean men aged > 50 years and postmenopausal women, a BMI of 23.0 to 24.9 kg/m2 was the optimal range for minimizing osteoporosis and type 2 diabetes risks simultaneously.

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