More information needed on ethnic differences
Photo by Roger Pebody/AidsmapBody mass index (BMI) predicts the risk of developing diabetes or metabolic syndrome as reliably as more precise tests of body fat distribution in people with HIV, an Italian study presented at the 19th European AIDS Conference (EACS 2023) in Warsaw has found.
However, the study did not report on the ethnicity of participants or analyse changes in weight and body composition according to ethnicity, so it is not clear if the findings are applicable in all settings.
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Source : Aidsmap
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