Why the study?
Does upper body obesity confer the same diabetes and cardiovascular disease risks in black women as it does in white women?
Population
Nondiabetic, premenopausal women of similar body fatness who differed by race and body fat distribution.
Comparison
Upper body obesity (UBO) vs Lower body obesity (LBO)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May indicate lower cardiometabolic risk from upper body obesity in black women; hypothesis-generating and should not yet alter risk thresholds.
Does upper body obesity confer the same diabetes and cardiovascular disease risks in black women as it does in white women?
An equivalent degree of upper body obesity, independent of total body fatness, is less detrimental for black women than for white women regarding the risks of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Dowling et al. (1993) studied this question.