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Beyond BMI: The "Metabolically healthy obese" phenotype & its association with clinical/subclinical cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality -- a systematic review.
BMC public health - 8 Jan 2014
Roberson Lara L, Aneni Ehimen C, Maziak Wasim, Agatston Arthur, Feldman Theodore, Rouseff Maribeth, Tran Thinh, Blaha Michael J, Santos Raul D, Sposito Andrei, Al-Mallah Mouaz H, Blankstein Ron, Budoff Matthew J, Nasir Khurram
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A subgroup has emerged within the obese that do not display the typical metabolic disorders associated with obesity and are hypothesized to have lower risk of complications. The purpose of this review was to analyze the literature which has examined the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality in the metabolically healthy obese (MHO) population. METHODS: Pubmed, Cochrane Library,...
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