RT Journal
A1 Carnethon MR, Golden SH, De Chavez PD
T1 WEight and mortality in adults with diabetes—reply
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD November 28
VO 308
IS 20
SP 2080
OP 2081
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.14570
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.14570
AB 
Because protocols for determining nonfatal events varied across studies (eg, active community-wide surveillance for cohort participants vs contacts with cohort participants and their proxies only), we were concerned about the influence of heterogeneity on our ability to determine the outcome. While we speculate in our article that the absence of an association with cardiovascular mortality is due to the relatively smaller number of events, it is possible that elevated total mortality in normal-weight persons with diabetes is being driven by other causes. To test this hypothesis, future studies performed in a single cohort should include nonfatal outcomes.