Shiun Dong Hsieh

TL;DR: The AUROC analyses indicate that WHtR may be a more useful global clinical screening tool than WC, with a weighted mean boundary value of 0·5, supporting the simple public health message ‘keep your waist circumference to less than half your height’.

TL;DR: The predictive value for progression to diabetes assessed by HbA(1c) 5·7-6·4% was similar to that assessed by impaired fasting glucose alone, suggesting the two tests used together could efficiently target people who are most likely to develop diabetes and allow for early intervention.

TL;DR: Short sleep duration is associated with obesity, diabetes, fatty liver and multiple behavioral factors and the optimal sleep duration for health promotion and effective actions for obtaining optimal sleep, including modifications of behavioral and environmental factors should be one of the major concerns of public health.

TL;DR: The postmenopausal state was significantly associated with the presence of dysglycemia independently of normal aging, although the increased probability in post menopause women did not equal that in men.

TL;DR: Almost half of the MHO participants had FL, which partially explained the increased risk of diabetes among the obese phenotypes, and the presence of FL should be evaluated to assess whether an individual was actually in a metabolically benign state for the prediction of diabetes.