January 31, 2008Open Access

Visceral Fat, Waist Circumference, and BMI: Impact of Race/ethnicity

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Middle-aged and older African-American men and women had lower VAT despite similar BMI and waist circumference measurements. Altered relationships between anthropometric measures and VAT may have implications for defining metabolic risk in different populations. Different waist circumference or BMI cutoff points may be necessary to adequately reflect risk in different racial/ethnic groups.

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Carroll et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d80e0d5c3030ff03d18ea3 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2007.92

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