Cardiometabolic Abnormalities Among Normal-Weight Persons From Five Racial/Ethnic Groups

Cardiometabolic Abnormalities Among Normal-Weight Persons From Five Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Two Cohort Studies – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ required for full-text)

Sources: Certain Racial/Ethnic Groups More Likely to Have Cardiometabolic Abnormalities at Normal Weight – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Cardiovascular Risk High Among Some Normal Weight Minorities – Medscape (free registration required)

Compared with whites, all racial/ethnic minority groups had higher prevalence of metabolic abnormalities, with a high prevalence even in persons with normal weight. The prevalence of metabolic abnormalities in whites with a BMI of 25 kg/m² corresponded to the prevalence in BMI values of 22.9 kg/m² in African Americans, 21.5 kg/m² in Hispanics, 20.9 kg/m² in Chinese Americans, and 19.6 kg/m² in South Asians.