BMI: Body Mass Index, error bars represent the standard error.

<p>BMI: Body Mass Index, error bars represent the standard error.</p

Baseline characteristics of participants.

<p>* Means (± SE) are adjusted for age,</p><p>† Means (± SE) are adjusted for age, sex, BMI ‡ p<0.05 comparing South Asians to Europeans overall,</p><p>§ p<0.05 comparing South Asian women to European women,</p><p>|| p<0.05 comparing South Asian men to European men; Physical activity score derived from the SHARE activity index (14).</p

Adipose and lean tissue characteristics of participants.

<p>* Means (± SE) are adjusted for age and BMI,</p><p>† Means (± SE) are adjusted for age, sex and BMI,</p><p>|| Total fat area refers to: superficial + deep+visceral fat by MRI,</p><p>‡ p<0.05 comparing South Asians to Europeans overall,</p><p>§ p<0.05 comparing South Asian women to European women,</p><p>¶ p<0.05 comparing South Asian men to European men,</p><p>Note: There was no change in the IMCL change after adjustment for peak exercise capacity i.e. Vo2 max at 15 mins.</p

HDL: High Density Lipoprotein, CRP: C-reactive protein.

<p>HDL: High Density Lipoprotein, CRP: C-reactive protein.</p