The Department of Endocrinology, 
Ethnicity-specific cut-offs that predict co-morbidities: the way forward for optimal utility of obesity indicators.
- 1Department of Endocrinology,Diabetes and Metabolism,Christian Medical College & Hospital,Vellore,Tamil Nadu,India.
- 3Department of General Practice,Faculty of Medicine,Dentistry and Health Science,University of Melbourne,Australia.
- 2Melbourne School of Population and Global Health,Faculty of Medicine,Dentistry and Health Science,University of Melbourne,Australia.
Journal of biosocial science Vol. 51 · Issue 4 · pp. 624-626
PMID 30944046 DOI 10.1017/s0021932019000178
Cite This Article
Nitin Kapoor, John Furler, Thomas V Paul, Nihal Thomas, Brian Oldenburg. Ethnicity-specific cut-offs that predict co-morbidities: the way forward for optimal utility of obesity indicators. Journal of biosocial science. 2019;51(4):624-626. doi:10.1017/s0021932019000178
Abstract
Obesity indicators are useful clinical tools in the measurement of obesity, but it is important for clinicians to appropriately interpret their values in individuals with different ethnicities. Future research is needed to identify optimal cut-offs that can predict the occurrence of cardio-metabolic comorbidities in individuals of different ethnic descent. Assessment of more recently developed indicators like the Edmonton Obesity Staging System and visceral adipose tissue are able to appropriately identify metabolically at-risk individuals.
Keywords
- Ethnicity specific cut-offs
- Normal-weight obesity
- Obesity indicators
