Key result
Increasing BMI was associated with larger proportional increases in the prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, and low HDL in whites than in African Americans (P<0.001-0.016).
Why the study?
Does the relationship between BMI and cardiometabolic risk factors differ between African Americans and whites of European ancestry?
Cross-Sectional (n=9,275)
Yes
Does the relationship between BMI and cardiometabolic risk factors differ between African Americans and whites of European ancestry?
p-value: p=<0.001-0.016
While increasing BMI is associated with steeper relative increases in cardiometabolic risk factors in whites, African Americans maintain a higher absolute burden of these risk factors across nearly all BMI levels, suggesting other contributing factors.
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Supports race-specific cardiometabolic risk assessment; leaves open non-BMI drivers of higher absolute burden in African Americans.
Taylor et al. (2009) conducted a cross-sectional in Cardiovascular risk factors (n=9,275). Body Mass Index (BMI) vs. African Americans vs whites of European ancestry was evaluated on Prevalence of lipid abnormalities, hypertension, and diabetes (p=<0.001-0.016). Increasing BMI was associated with larger proportional increases in the prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, and low HDL in whites than in African Americans (P<0.001-0.016).
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