Different Risk for Hypertension, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, and Hyperuricemia According to Level of Body Mass Index in Japanese and American Subjects

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 10; no. 8; p. 1011
• Main Authors: Kuwabara, Masanari, Kuwabara, Remi, Niwa, Koichiro, Hisatome, Ichiro, Smits, Gerard, Roncal-Jimenez, Carlos A., MacLean, Paul S., Yracheta, Joseph M., Ohno, Minoru, Lanaspa, Miguel A., Johnson, Richard J., Jalal, Diana I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 03.08.2018; MDPI
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; adults; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biomarkers - blood; Blood Glucose - analysis; Blood Pressure; Body Mass Index; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus - blood; Diabetes Mellitus - diagnosis; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology; drinking; Dyslipidemias - blood; Dyslipidemias - diagnosis; Dyslipidemias - epidemiology; Female; Health risk assessment; hospitals; Humans; hyperlipidemia; Hypertension; Hypertension - diagnosis; Hypertension - epidemiology; Hypertension - physiopathology; hyperuricemia; Hyperuricemia - blood; Hyperuricemia - diagnosis; Hyperuricemia - epidemiology; Japan; Japan - epidemiology; kidney diseases; Male; Metabolic disorders; Metabolism; Middle Aged; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; Nutrition Surveys; obesity; Obesity - diagnosis; Obesity - epidemiology; Obesity - physiopathology; Prevalence; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; United States; United States - epidemiology; Uric Acid - blood; Young Adult; United States > US; Japan; United States; epidemiology; hypertension; risk factor; body mass index

Obesity is a risk factor for hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), dyslipidemia, and hyperuricemia. Here, we evaluated whether the same body mass index (BMI) for the U.S. population conferred similar metabolic risk in Japan. This was a cross-sectional analysis involving 90,047 Japanese adults (18–85...