Obesity paradox in different populations: Evidence and controversies

Future Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-91

  Goel, Kashish ^a   Lopez Jimenez, Francisco ^a   De Schutter, Alban ^b   Coutinho, Thais ^c   Lavie, Carl J ^b,d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

body fat; cardiorespiratory fitness; central obesity; coronary heart disease; fitness; heart failure; mortality; obesity paradox; other populations

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; OBESITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84891094392     PISSN: 14796678     EISSN: 17448298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fca.13.84     Document Type: Review

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