Association between Metabolically Healthy Obesity and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Etiology Research Center (CMERC) Cohort.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to investigate the association between a new definition of metabolic health (MH) and subclinical atherosclerosis in a cohort of patients without previous cardiovascular disease (CVD). In total, 7824 community-dwelling adults were categorized as normal weight, overweight, or obese. Metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) was defined as obesity accompanied by all of the following criteria: systolic blood pressure (BP) < 130 mmHg, no use of BP-lowering medication, waist-hip ratio <0.832 (women) and <0.887 (men), and no prevalent diabetes. Carotid atherosclerosis was defined as carotid plaque or mean carotid intima-media thickness ≥ 1.1 mm. The prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis was 8.3% and 1113 (14.2%) patients were classified as having MHO. All individuals classified as met

SUBMITTER: Seo DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9103721 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature