Nontraditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease and visceral adiposity index among different body size phenotypes.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Increased cardiovascular disease and mortality risk in metabolically healthy obese (MHO) individuals remain highly controversial. Several studies suggested risk while others do not. The traditional cardiovascular risk factors may be insufficient to demonstrate the complete range of metabolic abnormalities in MHO individuals. Hence, we aimed to compare the prevalence of elevated lipoprotein (a), apolipoprotein B, and uric acid (UA) levels, apolipoprotein B/apolipoprotein A1 ratio, and visceral adiposity index (VAI) scores, and low apolipoprotein A1 levels among 6 body size phenotypes (normal weight with and without metabolic abnormalities, overweight with and without metabolic abnormalities, and obese with or without metabolic abnormalities).

Methods and resul

SUBMITTER: Du T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4302064 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature