Lean Yet Unhealthy: Asian American Adults Had Higher Risks for Metabolic Syndrome than Non-Hispanic White Adults with the Same Body Mass Index: Evidence from NHANES 2011–2016

(1) Background: Despite having consistently lower rates of obesity than other ethnic groups, Asian Americans (AAs) are more likely to be identified as metabolically obese, suggesting an ethnic-specific association between BMI and cardiometabolic outcomes. The goal of this study was to provide an est...

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Main Authors:	Lin Zhu, Wei J. Yang, Cody B. Spence, Aisha Bhimla, Grace X. Ma
Format:	article
Language:	EN
Published:	MDPI AG 2021
Subjects:	metabolic syndrome body mass index Asian American racial differences Medicine R
Online Access:	https://doaj.org/article/020cd9dd04ab41b5a37bdfaf4d4fc5ff
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