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Metabolically healthy obesity and the risk for subclinical atherosclerosis

Cardiology
Author
Kim TJ et al.
Used Parameters : BMI, PBF

Publication Year : 2017

Country : Korea

Journal : Atherosclerosis

Background and aims Although obesity and metabolic abnormalities are known risk factors for cardiovascular disease, the risk of cardiovascular disease among obese individuals without obesity-related metabolic abnormalities, referred to as metabolically healthy obese (MHO), remains unclear. We examined the association between body mass index categories and the development of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in a cohort of metabolically healthy individuals. Methods We conducted a cohort study of 6453 men …
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