01748nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001100001100042700001100053700001200064700001600076700001700092700001800109700001800127700004400145245015800189250001500347300001000362490000700372520110500379020004601484       2012                            d1 aLam T.1 aKim H.1 aFang X.1 aMurakami Y.1 aTsukinoki R.1 aHuxley Rachel1 aWoodward Mark1 aAsia Pacific Cohort Study Collaboration00aDiabetes, body mass index and the excess risk of coronary heart disease, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration  a2011/11/08  a38-410 v543 a<p>
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of diabetes on coronary heart disease, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke and cardiovascular disease according to category of body mass index. METHODS: Data on 161,161 men and women from 31 cohorts (baseline years, 1966-99; mean follow-up, 2-24 years) from the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration were analyzed using Cox regression, stratified by sex and study and adjusted for age, systolic blood pressure and smoking. Diabetes was self-reported in all but one study. Body mass index was divided into five categories according to the World Health Organization Asian criteria. RESULTS: The hazard ratio (diabetes v. not) for cardiovascular disease was 1.83 (95% confidence interval, 1.66-2.01). Across body mass index categories, this hazard ratio did not change significantly (p=0.19). Similar lack of difference across body mass index groups was found for coronary heart disease (p=0.33), ischemic stroke (p=0.97) and hemorrhagic stroke (p=0.98). CONCLUSIONS: Body mass index does not modify the effect of diabetes on major cardiovascular outcomes.
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