Sex-specific differences in diabetes prevalence between normal-weight obesity and obesity among middle-aged adults in South Korea: a propensity score–matched study
Youn-Soo Lee, Alex Soo In Park, Bo-Young Youn · 2026
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Youn-Soo Lee, Alex Soo In Park, and Bo-Young Youn studied a 2026 question in Korean health data. Do people with normal weight but high body fat face the same diabetes risk as people with obesity? The group, called normal-weight obesity, can hide risk behind a healthy scale reading.
Using national survey data from 2019 to 2021, the team matched 684 middle-aged adults one to one by sex and background. Among men, diabetes appeared in 20.00 percent of the normal-weight obese group versus 31.03 percent of the obesity group in the matched figures, while women showed no clear gap. Measuring body fat beyond weight and height, they argue, can flag hidden risk, at least in men.
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| CREATOR | Youn-Soo Lee, Alex Soo In Park, Bo-Young Youn |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31849 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |