Are novel combined metabolic indices stronger risk markers for incident type 2 diabetes than traditional measures in women and men?
Novel combined metabolic indices offer superior risk stratification for incident type 2 diabetes compared to traditional measures in women, but not in men.
Among women, novel combined metabolic indices were stronger risk markers for type 2 diabetes than the traditional anthropometric and laboratory measures and were comparable with DXA measures. Neither combined metabolic indices nor DXA measures were superior to traditional anthropometric and lipid measures in association with type 2 diabetes among men.
Brahimaj et al. (Mon,) studied this question.