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Risk of the Development of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Metabolically Healthy Obese People: The Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study.
Medicine - 1 Apr 2016
Kim Nan Hee, Seo Ji A, Cho Hyunjoo, Seo Ji Hye, Yu Ji Hee, Yoo Hye Jin, Kim Sin Gon, Choi Kyung Mook, Baik Sei Hyun, Choi Dong Seop, Shin Chol, Cho Nam Han
Abstract excerpt
The reported effects of a metabolically healthy obese (MHO) phenotype on diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk are contradictory. Within the context of a population-based cohort study, we aimed to investigate the long-term risk of an MHO status for the development of diabetes and CVD, and whether consistency of this phenotype or age affected cardiometabolic outcomes. We recruited 7588 subjects without...
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