Association between BMI trajectories and metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 1999–2018
Yingying Liu, Zhixiang Liang, Xingying Li, Juan Xiong · 2025
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Yingying Liu and co-authors link lifetime weight paths to metabolic syndrome in older women after menopause, in a 2025 study. Both obesity and the syndrome are common in this group, yet how weight change over a life span matters was unclear. Data came from a United States health survey spanning 1999 to 2018.
More than four thousand women aged sixty and older were included, and about seven in ten had the syndrome. Weight histories fell into three paths: stable, rising, and rising then falling. Both changing paths carried far higher risk than the stable path. Birth and menopause traits shaped the link as well. The authors suggest that holding a steady weight over time may guard metabolic health.
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| CREATOR | Yingying Liu, Zhixiang Liang, Xingying Li, Juan Xiong |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |