Are central obesity, smoking, and hyperglycemia associated with risk of death before age 55 in US adolescents and young adults?
Central obesity, smoking, and hyperglycemia in adolescence and young adulthood are associated with an increased risk of early mortality before age 55.
Our finding that risk for death before age 55 among US adolescents and young adults was associated with central obesity, smoking, and hyperglycemia supports reducing the prevalence of these risk factors among younger US residents.
Saydah et al. (Tue,) studied this question.