Journal
NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Volume 28, Issue 10, Pages 1045-1053Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2018.06.015
Keywords
Normal weight obesity; Cardiometabolic; Prevalence; Cross-sectional survey; Chinese patients
Funding
- Chinese Medical Association Foundation
- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFC1309800]
- Chinese Diabetes Society
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Background and aims: Several studies have reported increased cardiovascular risks in normal weight obesity (NWO) populations. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of NWO and its relationships with cardiometabolic risks in Chinese patients. Methods and results: The data were from the 2007-2008 China National Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders Study. The body fat (BF) was measured using the biological impedance method. NWO was defined as a normal BMI (18.5-23.9 kg/m(2)) but with excess BF% (BF% >= 24% for men and >= 33% for women). 23,748 people (9633 males and 14,115 females) were enrolled and the prevalence of NWO was 9.5% for men, 6.06% for women. The prevalence risks of diabetes (odds ratio [OR] 1.519, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.262-1.828), Framingham risk score (FRS) >= 10% (OR 1.973, 95% CI 1.596-2.439), hypertension (OR 1.525, 95% CI 1.333-1.745), and metabolic syndrome Mets (OR 2.175, 95% CI 1.920-2.463) significantly increased in the NWO group compared with the normal group. Subgroup analyses showed that, after ruling out participants with abnormal waist circumference, the male group had similar findings to the overall population; but in the female group, the prevalence risks of FRS >= 10%, hypertension, and Mets increased, although the risk of diabetes did not. Conclusion: NWO is in a relatively high prevalence in Chinese population, and the prevalence of NWO is higher in Chinese men compared to Chinese women. Cardiometabolic risks significantly increase in an NWO population, and such risks persist after excluding the effect of abdominal obesity. (C) 2018 The Italian Society of Diabetology, the Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis, the Italian Society of Human Nutrition, and the Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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