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Central Rather than Generalized Obesity is Related to Hyperglycaemia in Asian Indian Subjects
Author(s) -
Shelgikar K.M.,
Yajnik C.S.,
Hockaday T.D.R.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1991.tb01689.x
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , impaired glucose tolerance , obesity , waist–hip ratio , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology , waist , type 2 diabetes , plasma glucose
The relationship of body mass index and waist‐hip ratio with plasma glucose concentrations during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was studied in native Indian (Asian) subjects. A total of 389 subjects (131 non‐diabetic, 74 impaired glucose tolerant (IGT) and 184 Type 2 diabetic (newly diagnosed and untreated)) were studied. Prevalence of obesity (BMI 27.0 kg m −2 in men and 25.0 kg m −2 in women, 21% and 47%, respectively) was lower in people with Type 2 diabetes than that reported in white Caucasian and migrant Asian populations. Body mass index was highest in IGT subjects (26.1 (19.7−34.3) kg m −2 , median (5‐95th centile)) and was higher in diabetic subjects (24.2 (19.3−32.2) kg m −2 ) than in non‐diabetic control subjects (23.5 (17.1−30.0) kg m −2 ). However, waist‐hip ratio was higher in both IGT (0.88 (0.75−0.98)) and diabetic subjects (0.88 (0.75−1.00)) than in non‐diabetic control subjects (0.83 (0.70−0.97)), with no difference between the hyperglycaemic groups. On multivariate analysis, fasting as well as 2‐h plasma glucose concentrations during OGTT were found to be related to waist‐hip ratio ( p <0.01) and subscapular fat thickness ( p <0.01) but not to body mass index (or triceps fat thickness). Thus, in native Indians central obesity seems to be a more important association of hyperglycaemia than generalized obesity.