Obesity paradox and the heart: Which indicator of obesity best describes this complex relationship?

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 517-524

  De Schutter, Alban ^a,b   Lavie, Carl J ^a,c   Patel, Dharmendrakumar A ^a   Milani, Richard V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; heart failure; obesity paradox

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT FREE MASS; FITNESS; HEART FAILURE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID STORAGE; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84883308069     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328363bcca     Document Type: Review

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