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- Title
Ethnic-specific Pathways to Obesity-related Disease: The Hispanic vs. African-American Paradox.
- Authors
Goran, Michael I.
- Abstract
The article examines the ethnic differences in the incidence and prevalence of obesity-related disease outcomes in Hispanic Americans and African Americans. They were reportedly chosen because they are two largest ethnic minority groups in the U.S. and they share a similar propensity for obesity and insulin resistance but have different profiles for obesity-related disease outcome. Obese Hispanic Americans were noted to have greater fat cell size and greater likelihood of adipocyte macrophage infiltration and cell death.
- Subjects
UNITED States; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RACIAL differences; OBESITY; AFRICAN Americans; HISPANIC Americans; INSULIN resistance; FAT cells
- Publication
Obesity (19307381), 2008, Vol 16, Issue 12, p2561
- ISSN
1930-7381
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/oby.2008.423