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Prevalence and clinical characteristics of metabolically healthy obese individuals and other obese/non-obese metabolic phenotypes in a working population: results from the Icaria study.
BMC public health - 1 Apr 2016
Goday Albert, Calvo Eva, Vázquez Luis Alberto, Caveda Elena, Margallo Teresa, Catalina-Romero Carlos, Reviriego Jesús
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Metabolically healthy obese (MHO) phenotype may present with distinct characteristics compared with those with a metabolically unhealthy obese phenotype. Epidemiologic data on the distribution of these conditions in the working population are lacking. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence and clinical characteristics of MHO and other obese/non-obese metabolic phenotypes in a working population. METHODS:...
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