Hou X, et al. - Researchers performed an individually region-, sex-, and age-matched case and control analysis including 42,918 Chinese adults aged 20-88 years to compare the magnitude of associations of the obesity indicators with the risks of prediabetes and diabetes. They discovered that mean differences in the three obesity indices [waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), body mass index (BMI)] were around 0.3 standard deviation (SD) between matched prediabetes cases and normal glucose regulation [NGR] controls and around 0.5 SD between matched newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus [NDM] cases and NGR controls. Among Chinese adults, waist circumference and WHtR were more strongly related to diabetes vs BMI.