The obesity paradox in diabetes

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Carnethon, Mercedes R ^a   Rasmussen Torvik, Laura J ^a   Palaniappan, Latha ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Mortality; Obesity; Obesity paradox; Survival

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84891676593     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-013-0446-3     Document Type: Review

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