ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Normal-Weight Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Adults: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Exploring the silent epidemic: investigating the hidden burden of normal weight obesity in type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in India - a cross-sectional study.Clinical diabetes and endocrinology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe disadvantage of using body mass index (BMI) as an obesity diagnostic tool is that it cannot distinguish between fat mass and lean mass, which may understate the impact of obesity on metabolic complications. This population-based cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between normal-weight obesity (NWO) and metabolic syndrome in Korean adults aged 20 years (5962 males and 6558 females) who took part in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys from 2008 to 2011.
methodsNWO was defined as having a BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 kg/m
resultsNWO males and females were 2.7 times (
conclusionsThe current findings of the study show that NWO is a proxy biomarker of MetS to be considered for early intervention.
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