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However, no study on this relationship has been performed in the Chinese population. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between body composition indicators and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus among Chinese adults undergoing medical examination.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Between January 2018 and July 2018, a retrospective cross-sectional study was performed on 3367 (2307 male and 1060 female) participants aged \u226518\u2009years undergoing medical examination in Zhengzhou. Logistic regression analysis was performed to explore the relationship between body composition indicators and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. A receiver operating characteristic curve was used to calculate cutoff points and the predictive power of each indicator.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Among the 3367 participants, 12.53% were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Multivariate logistic analysis indicated that male participants (odds ratio [OR]\u2009=\u20091.68, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.29\u20132.19), older participants (OR\u2009=\u20091.05, 95% CI: 1.04\u20131.06), participants with a waist-to-hip ratio above the reference value (OR\u2009=\u20091.56, 95% CI: 1.18\u20132.07), participants with body fat percentage above the reference value (OR\u2009=\u20091.62, 95% CI: 1.01\u20132.68), and participant with a large visceral fat area (OR\u2009=\u20091.01, 95% CI: 1.01\u20131.02) had a high risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Waist-to-hip ratio, body fat percentage, and visceral fat area were the best indicators of type 2 diabetes mellitus (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) with cutoff values of 0.90, 25.02%, and 92.00\u2009cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>, respectively.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This study suggests a predictive relationship between type 2 diabetes mellitus and body composition indicators of waist-to-hip ratio, body fat percentage, and visceral fat area, which are valuable for screening diabetes and providing effective health education and behavioral intervention for high-risk populations.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12889-020-08552-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,6]],"date-time":"2020-04-06T13:03:32Z","timestamp":1586178212000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":37,"title":["Relationship between body composition indicators and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese adults"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Yongchun","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dongliang","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tingting","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hao","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Siyun","family":"Xiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lijun","family":"Shen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jing","family":"Wen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shengcai","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Songxu","family":"Peng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yong","family":"Gan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,6]]},"reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"8552_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"478","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1464-5491.2000.00309.x","volume":"17","author":"JM Evans","year":"2000","unstructured":"Evans JM, Newton RW, Ruta DA, et al. 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