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Does higher body mass index correlate with an increased prevalence of coronary risk factors in middle-aged male workers?
Does higher body mass index correlate with an increased prevalence of coronary risk factors in middle-aged male workers?
Higher body mass index is positively correlated with an increased prevalence of coronary risk factors, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, glucose intolerance, and hyperuricemia in middle-aged Japanese men.
Higher BMI links to more coronary risks in male workers; leaves open causality and need for prospective trials.
We investigated the relationship between the body mass index and the prevalence of coronary risk factors, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, glucose intolerance and hyperuricemia, in middle-aged male workers. We found a positive correlation between the body mass index and the prevalence rate of these coronary risk factors. Mean values for serum total cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL-cholesterol and HbA1c increased with the increase in the body mass index, but decreased in HDL-cholesterol.
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