title: Obesity in hospitalized type 2 diabetes patients: a descriptive study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The association between obesity and type 2 diabetes has been well documented in epidemiological studies. Patients with type 2 diabetes have a higher body weight than control populations. Relatively few studies, however, have examined the prevalence of obesity in a cohort of hospitalized type 2 diabetes mellitus patients using an electronic health records database. This study measured the prevalence of obesity in hospitalized type 2 diabetes patients and described demographic and clinical characteristics using electronic health records from Convergence CT sites located in the southwestern United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were identified in electronic health records from the Convergence Global Research Network. Demographic and clinical characteristics were examined for hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes. Comparisons were made between males and females across different clinical characteristics as well as between obese patients (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) and patients with BMI <30 kg/m2.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Approximately 26.8% of hospitalized type 2 diabetes patients were overweight (BMI=25-29.9 kg/m2) and 57.7% were obese (BMI ≥30 kg/m2). A higher percentage of females (61.3%) were obese compared to males (54.6%) (p=0.002). Obese patients with type 2 diabetes were younger, appeared to have inadequate glycemic control, exhibited higher blood pressure, and had worse lipid profiles compared to type 2 diabetes patients with BMI <30 kg/m2.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Approximately 84.5% of the hospitalized type 2 diabetes patients identified in this study were overweight or obese (BMI ≥25 kg/m2), suggesting the need for effective weight loss intervention in this population.
authors.affiliation: Shionogi Inc., New Jersey, USA. wblumentals@shionogi.com
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Blumentals
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hwu
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Eriko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ogura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015206:Southwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult