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. 2012 Jan;16(1):44-55.
doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.91187.

Metabolic syndrome in South Asians

Kaushik Pandit  1 , Soumik Goswami, Sujoy Ghosh, Pradip Mukhopadhyay, Subhankar Chowdhury
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Metabolic syndrome in South Asians

Kaushik Pandit et al. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Jan.

Abstract

South Asia is home to one of the largest population of people with metabolic syndrome (MetS). The prevalence of MetS in South Asians varies according to region, extent of urbanization, lifestyle patterns, and socioeconomic/cultural factors. Recent data show that about one-third of the urban population in large cities in India has the MetS. All classical risk factors comprising the MetS are prevalent in Asian Indians residing in India. The higher risk in this ethnic population necessitated a lowering of the cut-off values of the risk factors to identify and intervene for the MetS to prevent diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Some pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions are underway in MetS to assess the efficacy in preventing the diabetes and cardiovascular disease in this ethnic population.

Keywords: Metabolic syndrome; South Asians; prediabetes.

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