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ey0015.11-3 | New insight into obesity comorbidities | ESPEYB15

11.3 Body mass index and kidney disease-related mortality in midlife: A nationwide cohort of 2.3 million adolescents

G Twig , A Vivante , T Bader , E Derazne , AM Tsur , M Levi , N Goldberger , A Leiba , JD Kark

To read the full abstract: Obesity 2018;26(4):776-781Here, Twig et al. shed light on an important, but not well investigated facet of the complex, multi-organ system chronic disease simply termed ‘obesity’. Using the large statistical power of this impressive, nation-wide database, the authors demonstrate high hazard ratios for obesity-related kidney mortality in a relatively young cohort...

ey0018.12-6 | Type 2 Diabetes | ESPEYB18

12.6. Adolescent BMI and early-onset type 2 diabetes among Ethiopian immigrants and their descendants: a nationwide study

M Simchoni , U Hamiel , O Pinhas-Hamiel , I Zucker , T Cukierman-Yaffe , M Lutski , E Derazne , Z Beer , D Behar , L Keinan-Boker , O Mosenzon , D Tzur , A Afek , A Tirosh , I Raz , G Twig

Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2020 Oct 6;19(1):168. 10.1186/s12933-020-01143-z. PMID: 33023586.In brief: The impact of immigration on the risk of early-onset T2DM (before age 40 years) was assessed in a nationwide cohort. Data on 93 806 native Israelis and 27 684 Israelis of Ethiopian origin, assessed at a mean age 17.5 years, were linked to the Israeli National Diabetes Registry. After adjustment fo...