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Aug 2026
Waist‐to‐Body Mass Index Ratio and Risk of Musculoskeletal Disease in Type 2 Diabetes: A Cohort and PhIP‐Seq Analysis
ABSTRACT Background Musculoskeletal complications in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are inadequately captured by body mass index (BMI). Waist‐to‐BMI ratio (WBR) may better reflect adverse body composition. We examined cross‐sectional and longitudinal associations between WBR and musculoskeletal disorders in T2DM. Methods This...
Yong-Ze Zhang, Luxi Lin, Li-Feng Zheng et al.
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