Visceral-to-peripheral adiposity ratio in proneness to sarcopenic obesity: association with low muscle strength, but not low muscle mass, in young women of South Asian descent
Authors' conclusion
These results in young women suggest that an increase in the ratio of visceral-to-peripheral adiposity associated with low muscle strength (but not low muscle mass) may constitute early events in the complex interactions between adverse body fat distribution, cardiometabolic risks and proneness to sarcopenic obesity.
Study context
- Population
- Healthy young women of South Asian (Indian) descent in Mauritius, BMI 14–42 kg/m²; obesity = body fat% >40
- Participants
- 203 women
- Exposure
- Low vs higher handgrip strength (HGS) and low vs higher appendicular lean mass (ALM)/W among women with obesity
- Outcome
- Low muscle strength and low muscle mass among women with obesity
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Women with obesity, share of cohort
60%
Low HGS among women with obesity
41%
Low ALM/W among women with obesity
43%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Visceral-to-peripheral adiposity ratio in proneness to sarcopenic obesity: association with low muscle strength, but not low muscle mass, in young women of South Asian descent. Int J Obes (Lond). Published 24 October 2025. doi:10.
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