The Association of Percent Body Fat and Lean Mass With HbA1c in US Adults

CONTEXT: body mass index). OBJECTIVE: ) in US adults. DESIGN: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a program of cross-sectional studies that enroll nationally representative samples of the US civilian noninstitutionalized population. SETTING: NHANES is designed to assess the health status of adults and children throughout the United States. PARTICIPANTS: This study included 11,125 participants aged 18 to 69 years from the 1999 through 2006 NHANES, comprising 846 persons with diagnosed diabetes and 10,125 without diabetes. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: . RESULTS: in females across age categories. CONCLUSIONS: should consider targeting both weight loss and body composition.