Visceral-to-peripheral adiposity ratio: a critical determinant of sex and ethnic differences in cardiovascular risks among Asian Indians and African Creoles in Mauritius
Authors' conclusion
In young adults in Mauritius, Indians show a more adverse pattern of body fat distribution and blood lipid risk profile than Creoles. Differences in their fat distribution patterns, however, only partially explain their differential atherogenic lipid risk profile, amid a greater impact of visceral-to-peripheral adiposity ratio than that of visceral adiposity per se on sex and ethnic differences in cardiovascular risks; the former possibly reflecting the ratio of hazardous (visceral) adiposity and protective (peripheral) superficial subcutaneous adiposity.
Study context
- Population
- Young non-physically active adults without diabetes in Mauritius
- Participants
- 189 adults
- Exposure
- Indians vs Creoles; men vs women
- Outcome
- Blood lipid profile and fat distribution by sex and ethnicity
Methodological detailsFasting measurements: anthropometry, DXA body composition, blood pressure, glucose, HbA1c, lipids
- Fasting measurements: anthropometry, DXA body composition, blood pressure, glucose, HbA1c, lipids
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Higher serum TG and lower HDL-C in men than women, and in Indians than Creoles
- p < 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Visceral-to-peripheral adiposity ratio: a critical determinant of sex and ethnic differences in cardiovascular risks among Asian Indians and African Creoles in Mauritius. Int J Obes (Lond). Published 13 April 2024. doi:10.
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