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"Metabolically healthy" obesity: Prevalence, clinical features and association with myocardial ischaemia.
Obesity research & clinical practice - 1 Jan 2000
De Lorenzo Andrea, Glerian Leticia, Amaral Ana Carolina, Reis Thiago B, Lima Ronaldo S L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of the "metabolically healthy" (MH) or "metabolically unhealthy" (MU) obesity phenotypes and their association with cardiorespiratory fitness and inducible myocardial ischaemia. METHODS: Individuals without known coronary artery disease undergoing myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (MPS) were studied. Those without dyslipidemia, hypertension, or...
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