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- Title
Are definitions of adiposity appropriate for identification of cardiovascular disease risk in South Asian populations?
- Authors
Lovegrove, J. A.
- Abstract
South Asian populations living in the UK have a high prevalence of the metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes which impacts greatly on the morbidity and mortality of this ethnic group. The identification of ‘at risk’ individuals is essential to initiate preventative treatment. However, this is considerably hindered by the lack of appropriate cut-off values for anthropometric measures. CVD risk is significantly higher at a lower body mass index (BMI) in many Asian groups compared with Caucasians and adiposity (particularly central deposition) is higher at similar BMI levels. The definition of adiposity in Asians needs to be firmly established and appropriate lower BMI and waist circumference cut-offs implemented in ethnic subpopulations to facilitate appropriate treatment strategies.
- Subjects
OBESITY; SOUTH Asians; DISEASE risk factors; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; DIABETES; BODY mass index; ANTHROPOMETRY
- Publication
Nutrition Bulletin, 2007, Vol 32, Issue 2, p129
- ISSN
1471-9827
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-3010.2007.00637.x