High-Risk Obesity Phenotypes: Target for Multimorbidity Prevention at the ROFEMI Study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Describe the profile of patients with obesity in internal medicine to determine the role of adiposity and related inflammation on the metabolic risk profile and, identify various "high-risk obesity" phenotypes by means of a cluster analysis. This study aimed to identify different profiles of patients with high-risk obesity based on a cluster analysis. Methods: Cross-sectional, multicenter project that included outpatients attended to in internal medicine. A total of 536 patients were studied. The mean age was 62 years, 51% were women. Patients were recruited from internal medicine departments over two weeks in November and December 2021 and classified into four risk groups according to body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). High-risk obe

SUBMITTER: Carretero-Gomez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9410284 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature