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Diabetes and cardiovascular disease outcomes in the metabolically healthy obese phenotype: a cohort study.
Diabetes care - 1 Aug 2013
Appleton Sarah L, Seaborn Christopher J, Visvanathan Renuka, Hill Catherine L, Gill Tiffany K, Taylor Anne W, Adams Robert J
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the correlates of the "metabolically healthy obese" (MHO) phenotype and the longitudinal risks of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD)/stroke associated with this phenotype. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The North West Adelaide Health Study is a prospective cohort study of 4,056 randomly selected adults aged ≥ 18 years. Participants free of CVD/stroke and not underweight (n = 3,743)...
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