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Prevalence of normal weight obesity and its associated cardio-metabolic risk factors - Results from the baseline data of the Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program (KDPP).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Kapoor Nitin, Lotfaliany Mojtaba, Sathish Thirunavukkarasu, Thankappan Kavumpurathu R, Thomas Nihal, Furler John, Oldenburg Brian, Tapp Robyn J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cardiometabolic disorders are frequently observed among those who have obesity as measured by body mass index (BMI). However, there is limited data available on the cardiometabolic profile of those who are non-obese by BMI but with a high body fat percentage (BFP), a phenotype frequently observed in the Indian population. We examined the prevalence of individuals with normal weight obesity (NWO) and...
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