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Obesity acts as a primary cause of the metabolic syndrome and a risk factor for heart failure, stroke, other vascular conditions, and cognitive decline.
This review highlights the broad impact of obesity as a primary cause of metabolic syndrome and a risk factor for heart failure, stroke, and other vascular conditions.
May warrant intensified obesity management in cardiometabolic care; leaves open need for prospective interventional confirmation.
Previous articles in this series have discussed the relation of overweight and obesity with coronary heart disease (CHD) and individual cardiovascular disease risk factors-such as diabetes, raised blood pressure, and dyslipidaemia. This article examines the wider impact of obesity on vascular disease: the effect on cardiovascular disease of obesity as primary cause of the metabolic syndrome and of obesity as a risk factor for heart failure, stroke, other vascular conditions, and cognitive decline.
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Lawlor et al. (2006) conducted a review in Obesity and vascular disease. Obesity was evaluated. Obesity acts as a primary cause of the metabolic syndrome and a risk factor for heart failure, stroke, other vascular conditions, and cognitive decline.
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