Findings show some variation by Asian subgroup<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
By Lori Solomon HealthDay Reporter<\/b>
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TUESDAY, July 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Among adolescents with overweight or obesity, prediabetes is more than twice as common in Asian and Pacific Islander (Asian\/PI) adolescents than in White youth, according to a study published online June 30 in Diabetes Care<\/em>.<\/p>\n Adrian Matias Bacong, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the Stanford University Center for Asian Health Research and Education in California, and colleagues examined prediabetes in adolescent Asian\/PI subgroups. The analysis included health record data from Kaiser Permanente Northern California for 20,540 non-Hispanic White and 16,508 Asian\/PI adolescents aged 10 to 17 years.<\/p>\n The researchers found that Asian\/PI adolescents with overweight or obesity had a significantly higher prediabetes prevalence (26.9 percent) than non-Hispanic White adolescents (11.9 percent). There was variation among Asian subgroups (31.0 percent for South Asian, 32.0 percent for Native Hawaiian\/PI, 28.2 percent for Filipino, 25.9 percent for Chinese, and 18.4 percent for Vietnamese adolescents). Compared with non-Hispanic White adolescents, the adjusted prevalence ratios for prediabetes were 2.80 for South Asian, 2.44 for Native Hawaiian\/PI, 2.18 for Filipino, 2.18 for Chinese, and 1.68 for Vietnamese adolescents. Similar results were seen by sex, and patterns were similar within overweight or obesity subgroups.<\/p>\n “Prediabetes screening is essential for the high-risk population of Asian\/PI adolescents with overweight or obesity,” the authors write.<\/p>\n