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A comprehensive metabolic profiling of the metabolically healthy obesity phenotype.
Lipids in health and disease - 9 May 2020
Telle-Hansen Vibeke H, Christensen Jacob J, Formo Gulla Aase, Holven Kirsten B, Ulven Stine M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The ever-increasing prevalence of obesity constitutes a major health problem worldwide. A subgroup of obese individuals has been described as "metabolically healthy obese" (MHO). In contrast to metabolically unhealthy obese (MUO), the MHO phenotype has a favorable risk profile. Despite this, the MHO phenotype is still sub-optimally characterized with respect to a comprehensive risk assessment. Our aim...
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