Metabolically Healthy Obese Versus Cardiorespiratory Fit Obese: Is It Time to Bring Them Together?

The obesity paradox focuses on the fact that as various parameters of body composition (such as body mass index) increase, there seem to be mortality benefits, especially in patients with coronary artery disease, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2).

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Published inJournal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 64; no. 11; pp. 1183 - 1184
Main Authors Babu, Abraham Samuel, MPT, Veluswamy, Sundar Kumar, MPT, Myers, Jonathan, PhD, Lavie, Carl J., MD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 16.09.2014
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Body mass index
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular System
Coronary vessels
Humans
Internal Medicine
Metabolism
Mortality
Obesity
Obesity - metabolism
Obesity - physiopathology
Physical Fitness
Respiratory System
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Summary:The obesity paradox focuses on the fact that as various parameters of body composition (such as body mass index) increase, there seem to be mortality benefits, especially in patients with coronary artery disease, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2).
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ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2014.05.061