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Can metabolically healthy obesity be explained by diet, genetics, and inflammation?
Molecular nutrition & food research - 1 Jan 2015
Navarro Estanislau, Funtikova Anna N, Fíto Montserrat, Schröder Helmut
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A substantial proportion of obese individuals do not present cardiometabolic complications such as diabetes, hypertension, or dyslipidemia. Some, but not all, prospective studies observe similar risk of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality among individuals with this so-called "metabolically healthy obese" (MHO) phenotype, compared to the metabolically healthy normal weight or metabolically healthy...
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