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Effect of body shape on the development of cardiovascular disease in individuals with metabolically healthy obesity.
Medicine - 18 Sept 2020
Oh Chang-Myung, Park Jung Hwan, Chung Hye Soo, Yu Jae Myung, Chung Wankyo, Kang Jun Goo, Moon Shinje
Abstract excerpt
Studies about the effects of metabolically healthy obesity on cardiovascular disease (CVD) have yielded conflicting results. These heterogeneous results could be due to the limited usefulness of BMI in measuring general adiposity, as body mass index (BMI) does not accurately reflect body composition. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of body shape on CVD outcomes across different obesity phenotypes, and to...
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