Metabolically healthy obesity and the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in a Korean population: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to examine the association between metabolically healthy obesity and all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in a Korean population.

Design

A prospective study.

Setting

This study used data from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study.

Participants

A total of 140 137 participants were followed up over a median period of 9.2 years. Participants were categorised into four groups according to obesity (obese: body mass index ≥25 kg/m² or non-obese) and metabolic health (metabolically unhealthy: two or more metabolic abnormalities or metabolically healthy).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

All-cause and CVD mortality of the participants until 31 December 2018 were ascertained by the National Health In

SUBMITTER: Kim SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8423515 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature