Is it finally time to dispel the concept of metabolically-healthy obesity?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 2687-2688

  Puri, Rishi ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; coronary artery calcium score; coronary artery disease; metabolically healthy obesity; obesity

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; EPIGENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIF3A GENE; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL OF INSULIN RESISTANCE; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METABOLICALLY HEALTHY OBESITY; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; SUBCLINICAL CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS;

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 3ALPHA; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; METABOLICALLY-HEALTHY OBESITY; OBESITY;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84902577273     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.03.043     Document Type: Editorial

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