Journal article
Relationship between obesity severity, metabolic status and cardiovascular disease in obese adults
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Evidence about the associations between obesity severity, metabolic status and risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adults with obesity remains limited.
METHODS: The study included 109,301 adults with obesity free of prior CVD based on the UK Biobank cohort. Metabolic status was categorized into metabolically healthy obesity (MHO; free of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes) and metabolically unhealthy …
Authors
Liu Y; Douglas PS; Lip GYH; Thabane L; Li L; Ye Z; Li G
Journal
European Journal of Clinical Investigation, Vol. 53, No. 3,
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
3 2023
DOI
10.1111/eci.13912
ISSN
0014-2972