May 26, 2016Circulation Research
Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
Population
General population and patients with cardiovascular disease (focus on obese individuals)
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports considering fitness and MHO in obesity-related CVD risk; leaves open harmonized MHO definition for future research.
Structured PICO
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Population
General population and patients with cardiovascular disease (focus on obese individuals)
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Outcome
Cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality
This review emphasizes the nuanced relationship between obesity and cardiovascular disease, proposing a harmonized definition for the metabolically healthy obese phenotype to standardize future research.
Cite This Study
Ortega et al. (2016) studied this question.