Risk, measured
PCOS and South Asian women, what the data shows
Polycystic ovary syndrome appears more often in South Asian adolescents with obesity. Here is what the numbers show and why screening matters.
Updated 2026-08-06
Guides
What the evidence actually says
Free, no signup, no paywall. Each guide is built from named published sources and lists them at the end. Where a figure was measured in another country, or in adolescents rather than adults, the guide says so in the same sentence as the number.
How to read these
These guides describe populations, not people, and they cannot tell you what will happen to you. They are written to make one appointment with your own clinician go better. Nothing here is a diagnosis, a test, or a treatment.
Risk, measured
What the published research actually reports about cardiometabolic risk in South Asian adults, and what it does not.
Risk, measured
South Asian diabetes risk, what the data shows
Type 2 diabetes is more common among South Asian adults in the US. Here is what the data shows, what it does not mean, and what you control.
Updated 2026-08-06
Risk, measured
South Asian heart disease risk, the honest picture
South Asians have higher heart disease mortality than other Asian groups. Here is what the data shows, what it does not, and what screening can reveal.
Updated 2026-08-06
Risk, measured
Thin outside, fat inside, what the research says
A normal BMI does not rule out metabolic risk in South Asian adults. Here is what the research actually shows about screening at lower weights.
Updated 2026-08-06
Screening and thresholds
Which numbers trigger a test, which body published them, and what they do not mean.
Screening and thresholds
Prediabetes at a normal weight, how it happens
An A1C of 5.7% to 6.4% is prediabetes, even at a normal BMI. Why screening thresholds differ for Asian ancestry, and what the numbers actually mean.
Updated 2026-08-06
Screening and thresholds
Why screening starts at BMI 23 for Asian adults
A BMI of 23 triggers diabetes testing for Asian adults, not a diagnosis. Here is what the threshold is, where it comes from, and what it actually means.
Updated 2026-08-06
Tests and results
What the common blood tests measure, and how their ranges are defined.
Tests and results
An A1C of 5.7, what it means and what to ask
An A1C of 5.7% sits at the first step of the prediabetes band. What that result means, what it does not mean, and the questions to ask next.
Updated 2026-08-06
Tests and results
The blood tests behind metabolic risk, explained
Three tests measure glucose control, inflammation, and vitamin D. Here is what each one shows, why a clinician may order it, and what the numbers mean.
Updated 2026-08-06
Tests and results
Vitamin D and South Asian adults, what is known
A vitamin D test measures 25(OH)D in your blood. One UK study found very high deficiency rates. No US prevalence figure exists in the published data.
Updated 2026-08-06
What you can act on
Preparing for one appointment, and what the evidence says can change.
What you can act on
Community diabetes programs, what the trials found
Two named trials tested culturally adapted diabetes programs for South Asian adults. Here is what each one measured and what the results actually showed.
Updated 2026-08-06
What you can act on
What actually changes diabetes risk
The measured risk in South Asian populations is real and partly unexplained. Here are the documented levers that shift it, each tied to its source.
Updated 2026-08-06
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