Waistline As Diabetes Flag Differs by Race

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Currently recommended waist circumference
thresholds for identifying people with an increase likelihood of
having type 2 diabetes should be modified for Asian and white women
and men, a new study suggests.

Excess weight, particularly abdominal obesity, is recognized as a
major risk factor for diabetes in all populations, Dr. Rachel Huxley,
from The George Institute for International Health, Sydney, Australia,
and colleagues note in their report in the medical journal Diabetes
Care.

As a result, various indicators of overweight have been incorporated
into guidelines for the early identification of individuals with type
2 diabetes. "However, the anthropometric cut points for different
ethnic groups have been determined in various ways, leading to
uncertainty about their applicability to diabetes screening," they
explain.