Abstract
Obesity is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The body mass index (BMI) is a simple and inexpensive technique to quantify obesity. In a low-risk population, we aim to determine the association of BMI with cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) including undiagnosed diabetes. We studied 3026 subjects referred for routine health screening. Patients with pre-existing diabetes mellitus and/or vascular disease were excluded. Each subject had anthropometric measurements and CVRF parameters (blood pressure, fasting lipids and fasting glucose) taken. The mean age was 38.9 ± 5.4 years, 89.9% male. Chinese persons comprised 58.6% of our cohort, Malays 34.0% and Indians 7.4%. The majority (84.5%) of subjects were low-risk (10-year risk 20.0kg/ m2 suggest that traditional cardiovascular risk factors can be reduced to very low levels by weight reduction alone.
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