**5. Conclusions**

We found that higher OBS was significantly related to a lower risk of T2DM among community-dwelling middle-aged and older Korean adults. Maintaining an optimal weight, physical activity, a non-smoking lifestyle, and a healthy diet pattern could be effective for lowering T2DM risk.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, J.-H.L.; methodology, Y.-J.K., H.-M.P., and. J.-H.L.; validation, Y.-J.K., H.-M.P., and. J.-H.L.; formal analysis, Y.-J.K. and J.-H.L.; investigation, H.-M.P. and J.-H.L.; resources, H.-M.P.; data curation, J.-H.L.; writing—original draft preparation, Y.-J.K., H.-M.P., and. J.-H.L.; writing—review and editing, J.-H.L.; visualization, Y.-J.K., H.-M.P., and. J.-H.L.; supervision, J.-H.L.; project administration, Y.-J.K., H.-M.P., and. J.-H.L. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This work was supported by the Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, and Forestry through the High Value-added Food Technology Development Program funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (321030051HD030).

**Institutional Review Board Statement:** This study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Nowon Eulji Medical Center (Approval number: 2021-09-025).

**Informed Consent Statement:** Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.

**Data Availability Statement:** The Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study data are available through a procedure described at https://nih.go.kr/ko/main/main.do (accessed on 23 January 2023).

**Acknowledgments:** Data in this study were obtained from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (4851-302), National Research Institute of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ministry for Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea. Informed consent was obtained from all the participants in the current study.

**Conflicts of Interest:** No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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