High Prevalence of Abdominal, Intra-Abdominal and Subcutaneous Adiposity and Clustering of Risk Factors among Urban Asian Indians in North India
Key result
Among urban Asian Indians in North India, the prevalence of abdominal obesity was 68.9%, accompanied by high rates of intra-abdominal (69.3%) and subcutaneous (67.8%) adiposity.
Population
459 urban Asian Indians (217 males and 242 females) representing all socio-economic strata in New Delhi
Design
Cross-sectional
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Implication
High abdominal obesity prevalence signals need for screening in urban North Indians; leaves open prospective cardiometabolic outcome data.
Study Design
Type
Cross-Sectional (n=459)
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Population
459 urban Asian Indian adults from New Delhi were evaluated in a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of abdominal obesity and associated cardiometabolic risk factors.
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Outcome
Prevalence of abdominal obesity (including intra-abdominal and subcutaneous adiposity) and cardiometabolic risk factorssurrogate
There is a high prevalence of generalized and abdominal obesity, as well as metabolic syndrome, among urban Asian Indians in North India, highlighting the need for public health interventions.
Limitations
- Being a cross-sectional study, no cause/effect inferences can be drawn.
- For estimation of %BF, TAF, IAAT, and SCAT we used the predictive equations and not imaging techniques.
Cite This Study
Bhardwaj et al. (2011) conducted a cross-sectional in Obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors (n=459). Urban lifestyle and Asian Indian ethnicity was evaluated on Prevalence of abdominal obesity (assessed by waist circumference). Among urban Asian Indians in North India, the prevalence of abdominal obesity was 68.9%, accompanied by high rates of intra-abdominal (69.3%) and subcutaneous (67.8%) adiposity.