Which of the Following Statements Illustrates the Association Between Type

question 57

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements illustrates the association between type 2 diabetes and body fat?

• A) People with the disease often have central obesity rather than lower-body obesity.
• B) A woman who has gained 5.5 kg since age 18 has doubled her risk of developing the disease.
• C) An obese person is 3 times more likely to develop the disease than is a nonobese individual.
• D) Overweight people with the disease who lose weight show no improvement in glucose tolerance and insulin resistance.

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Definitions:

Standard Normal Random Variable

A normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, used in z-score calculations.

Area

The size or dimensions of a land area or surface.

z

Represents the standard score, indicating how many standard deviations an element is from the mean.

Standard Normal Random Variable

A normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1, used as a basis for comparison in statistics.