The Risk of Incident Type 2 Diabetes in a Korean Metabolically Healthy Obese Population: The Role of Systemic Inflammation

This study sought to investigate whether the metabolically healthy obese (MHO) phenotype is associated with an increased risk of incident type 2 diabetes in a Korean population and, if so, whether systemic inflammation affects this risk in MHO individuals.The study population comprised 36 135 Koreans without type 2 diabetes. Participants were stratified by body mass index (cutoff value, 25.0 kg/m(2)) and metabolic health state (assessed using...