The Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow (UK) conducted a study and concluded that the increased risk of diabetes in people with overweight or obesity varies depending on the ethnic origin of the patients, so that adults blacks or Asians may develop the disease with less weight than Caucasians.
One finding is published in the latest issue of the journal Diabetes Care under which the authors suggest that the definition of obesity should be different depending on the race to act in each case where more appropriate.
The body mass index (BMI) is a measure of association between weight and height of an individual who can assess risks to health in terms of both.
In his work, Sattar and his team analyzed data from nearly 500,000 UK adults middle age, of which 96 percent were white and only the remaining 4 percent were black or Asian race.
In this analysis the 5 percent of the group, about 25,000 people had diabetes, being more prone to having developed this subset of other races, up to double compared to whites.
When analyzing the BMI of all, they saw that the rate of diabetes among Caucasians with an index lower 30 threshold for obesity-were equal to the rate of diabetes in South Asians with a BMI of 22, which blacks with a BMI of 24 and that of the Chinese with a rate of 24 (women) and 26 (men).
The results were similar when the researchers analyzed the waist circumference, as patients of other races who had diabetes were less waist whites.
The researchers suggest that the combination of genetic and environmental factors play an important role in the different patterns of body fat based on ethnicity, although there are still issues to be resolved.
Also, consider be aware that BMI may be lower in other races in increasing the risk of diabetes may help health professionals to "take action before it is too late."
One finding is published in the latest issue of the journal Diabetes Care under which the authors suggest that the definition of obesity should be different depending on the race to act in each case where more appropriate.
The body mass index (BMI) is a measure of association between weight and height of an individual who can assess risks to health in terms of both.
In his work, Sattar and his team analyzed data from nearly 500,000 UK adults middle age, of which 96 percent were white and only the remaining 4 percent were black or Asian race.
In this analysis the 5 percent of the group, about 25,000 people had diabetes, being more prone to having developed this subset of other races, up to double compared to whites.
When analyzing the BMI of all, they saw that the rate of diabetes among Caucasians with an index lower 30 threshold for obesity-were equal to the rate of diabetes in South Asians with a BMI of 22, which blacks with a BMI of 24 and that of the Chinese with a rate of 24 (women) and 26 (men).
The results were similar when the researchers analyzed the waist circumference, as patients of other races who had diabetes were less waist whites.
The researchers suggest that the combination of genetic and environmental factors play an important role in the different patterns of body fat based on ethnicity, although there are still issues to be resolved.
Also, consider be aware that BMI may be lower in other races in increasing the risk of diabetes may help health professionals to "take action before it is too late."
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