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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 - 2 May 2017
Gujral Unjali P, Vittinghoff Eric, Mongraw-Chaffin Morgana, Vaidya Dhananjay, Kandula Namratha R, Allison Matthew, Carr Jeffrey, Liu Kiang, Narayan K M Venkat, Kanaya Alka M
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BACKGROUND: The relationship between body weight and cardiometabolic disease may vary substantially by race/ethnicity. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and correlates of the phenotype of metabolic abnormality but normal weight (MAN) for 5 racial/ethnic groups. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis. SETTING: 2 community-based cohorts. PARTICIPANTS: 2622 white, 803 Chinese American, 1893 African American, and 1496...
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