Asians including indians are known to have a higher percentage of body fat and lower muscle mass for a given bmi when compared with caucasians and african- americans.
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Explanation:
Asians, particularly South Asians have lower muscle mass (and sarcopenia) compared to Caucasians17. When body fat is high and skeletal muscle is less, overall BMI may not be raised substantially.
But some recent publications suggest that skeletal muscle mass as important as adiposity, if not more. Using baseline data from UK Biobank Study (n, 418,656), South Asians had ~5–6 kg lower handgrip strength (as a surrogate of sarcopenia) than white Europeans and Blacks and that lower handgrip strength was associated with higher prevalence of diabetes, independent of confounding factors. Importantly, attributable risk for diabetes associated with low handgrip strength was substantially higher in South-Asian than other ethnic groups in UK.