TY  - JOUR
T1  - WEight and mortality in adults with diabetes—reply
AU  - Carnethon MR, Golden SH, De Chavez PD
Y1  - 2012/11/28
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.14570
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2080
EP  - 2081
VL  - 308
IS  - 20
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.14570
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.14570
ER  -