American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 113, No. 2: 144-156
Copyright © 1981 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
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DIABETES INCIDENCE IN PIMA INDIANS: CONTRIBUTIONS OF OBESITY AND PARENTAL DIABETES1
1Reprint requests to Dr. Knowler.
Knowler, W. C. (NIAMDD, Phoenix, AZ 85014), D. J. Pettitt, P. J. Savage, and P. H. Bennett. Diabetes incidence in Pima Indians: contributions of obesity and parental diabetes. Am J Epidemiol 1981;113:144–56.
The incidence of diabetes mellitus was determined In 3137 Pima indians during periodic examinations that included measurement of weight, height, and glucose tolerance. Incidence was strongly related to preceding obesity, increasing steadily from 0.8 ± 0.8 cases/1000 person-years in subjects with body mass index <20 kg/m2 to 72.2 ± 14.5 cases/1000 person-years (rate ± standard error) in those with body mass index 
40 kg/m2, when age-sex adjusted to the 1970 US white population. There was little relationship between diabetes prevalence and concurrent obesity, illustrating the importance of longitudinal studies in estimating the effect of obesity on the occurrence of a disease for which weight loss is a manifestation. The association of diabetes incidence with obesity remained within each group when subjects were classified by the diabetic status of their parents, another important risk factor for diabetes. Adjusted for age and obesity, incidence was 2.3 times as high (p = 0.039) in subjects with one diabetic parent and 3.9 times as high (p = 0.0003) In those with two diabetic parents as in those with two nondiabetic parents. In the Pimas, both obesity and diabetes have become more common during this century, perhaps as a result of rapid cultural and dietary changes in a population genetically susceptible to diabetes. Similar increases in obesity and diabetes appear to be occurring in many other parts of the world.
diabetes mellitus; heredity; indians, American; obesity
2Current address: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.
1From the Southwestern Field Studies Section, National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases, 1440 East Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85014.
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