The prevalence of the metabolically healthy obese phenotype in an aging population and its association with subclinical cardiovascular disease: The Brazilian study on healthy aging

Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Roberson, Lara ^a   Shaharyar, Sameer ^b   Aneni, Ehimen ^a   Freitas, Wladimir ^c   Blaha, Michael ^d   Agatston, Arthur ^a   Blumenthal, Roger ^d   Santos, Raul D ^e   Feiz, Hamid ^b   Nasir, Khurram ^a,f,g,h   Sposito, Andrei ^c  

^a Baptist Health South Florida   (United States)

^b Aventura Hospital and Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Metabolic Syndrome; Obesity; Subclinical CVD

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BRAZILIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLICALLY BENIGN OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84920837815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17585996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-5996-6-121     Document Type: Article

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