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ArticleObesity pillars2024

Predictors of weight and waist gain in US South Asians: Findings from the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study.

Sujatha Seetharaman, Isabel Elaine Allen, Meghana Gadgil, Shylaja Srinivasan, Lisa Swartz Topor, Alka M Kanaya

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Article in Obesity pillars, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Sujatha SeetharamanDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of San Francisco, 550 16th St. 4th Floor, Box 0110, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Isabel Elaine AllenDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, 550 16th Street, #2431, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Meghana GadgilDivision of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of San Francisco, 1545 Divisadero Street, #311, San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA.
Shylaja SrinivasanDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of San Francisco, 550 16th St. 4th Floor, Box 0110, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Lisa Swartz ToporDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, 111 Plain Street, 3rd Floor, Providence, RI, 02903, USA.
Alka M KanayaDivision of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of San Francisco, 1545 Divisadero Street, #311, San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA.

Funding

UCSF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTEUL1RR024131 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JOHNSTON, S. CLAIBORNE · 2006 to 2011
$111.2M
UCSF Nutrition Obesity Research CenterP30DK098722 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHRISTIAN VAISSE · 2015 to 2026
$14.6M
Translational Research Core - Health Engagement & Action Translational (HEAT)P30DK092924 · NIDDK · KAISER FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI Alyce Sophia Adams, HILARY Kessler SELIGMAN · 2011 to 2026
$9.2M
Training Program in Pediatric EndocrinologyT32DK007161 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Brian J Feldman, STEPHEN E GITELMAN · 1986 to 2026
$6.2M
Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in AmericaR01HL093009 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KANAYA, ALKA M. · 2010 to 2018
$5.4M
Ectopic fat and atherosclerosis in South AsiansK24HL112827 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KANAYA, ALKA M. · 2013 to 2022
$1.2M
NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024131NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL112827NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL093009NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK092924NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK098722NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007161
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Abstract

Background: Weight and waist gain are significant concerns in adulthood. Both weight and waist gain are particularly important among South Asians, known to have an increased risk of developing chronic cardiometabolic complications at any body mass index compared to other racial and ethnic groups. The aim of this study was to investigate factors predicting weight and waist gain in a longitudinal cohort of South Asians living in the US (United States). Methods: This was a prospective analysis using data from exam 1 (2010-2013) and exam 2 (2015-2018) of the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study, a prospective cohort study of South Asians (recruited from San Francisco and Chicago), with a mean 4.8 years of follow-up. Results: Of 634 participants studied (42.7 % women, mean age 55 years, BMI 25.7 kg/m2, weight 70.4 kg at exam 1), 34.7 % had gained ≥5 % weight and 32.3 % gained ≥5 % waist at exam 2. In the adjusted models, older age, higher number of years of US residence, and having diabetes were associated with lower odds of weight gain; being female and having higher adiponectin were associated with higher odds of weight gain. Being female and being employed full/part time or being retired predicted lower likelihood of waist gain. Being single, separated/divorced, having a higher leptin and a higher C-reactive protein level predicted higher likelihood of waist gain. Conclusions: The current study identified several social, demographic, and clinical factors that can serve as targets for obesity interventions among US South Asians. In addition, this study also raises hypotheses about associations of adipokine levels with weight and waist gain.

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AdiponectinLeptinSouth asiansWaist gainWeight gain

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PMCPMC11321434

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