No association between body height and metabolic risk factors in historically short height Asian Indian tribes

Background: Asian Indians often get predisposed to non-communicable diseases for which the “thin-fat” or “hidden obese” Indian phenotype is usually regarded responsible. In Europe, America and in some low-middle-income countries (LMICs) short height is often associated with a high risk of metabolic...

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Main Authors: Binu Dorjee, Jaydip Sen, Mithun Das, Kaushik Bose, Christiane Scheffler, Gautam Kumar Kshatriya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitätsverlag Potsdam 2022-09-01
Series:Human Biology and Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.human-biology-and-public-health.org/index.php/hbph/article/view/32