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- Title
The intriguing metabolically healthy but obese phenotype: cardiovascular prognosis and role of fitness.
- Authors
Ortega, Francisco B; Lee, Duck-Chul; Katzmarzyk, Peter T; Ruiz, Jonatan R; Sui, Xuemei; Church, Timothy S; Blair, Steven N
- Abstract
Current knowledge on the prognosis of metabolically healthy but obese phenotype is limited due to the exclusive use of the body mass index to define obesity and the lack of information on cardiorespiratory fitness. We aimed to test the following hypotheses: (i) metabolically healthy but obese individuals have a higher fitness level than their metabolically abnormal and obese peers; (ii) after accounting for fitness, metabolically healthy but obese phenotype is a benign condition, in terms of cardiovascular disease and mortality.
- Publication
European heart journal, 2013, Vol 34, Issue 5, p389
- ISSN
1522-9645
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/eurheartj/ehs174