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Impact of metabolically healthy obesity on carotid intima-media thickness - The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 9 Jun 2020
Romagnolli Carla, Bensenor Isabela M, Santos Itamar S, Lotufo Paulo A, Bittencourt Marcio S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Obesity increases the risk of metabolic abnormalities, which contributes to elevated cardiovascular risk. However, the independent role of obesity in the development of cardiovascular disease is still debatable. There are individuals with an obesity phenotype without metabolic abnormalities: "metabolically healthy obesity" (MHO). This study evaluates the association between MHO and carotid...
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