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Prevalence and characteristics of individuals without diabetes and hypertension who underwent bariatric surgery: lessons learned about metabolically healthy obese.
Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery - 1 Jan 2000
Lee Clare J, Clark Jeanne M, Asamoah Vivian, Schweitzer Michael, Magnuson Thomas, Lazo Mariana
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BACKGROUND: Recent studies describe a unique subset of obese individuals with normal metabolic profiles despite having excess weight called "metabolically healthy but obese (MHO)". Our aim was to determine the prevalence of individuals without diabetes and hypertension and risk factors associated with the MHO phenotype among bariatric surgery patients. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of 710 adults who...
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