Incidence of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia in metabolically healthy obese and non-obese

Metabolically healthy obese (MHO) individuals are devoid of many metabolic abnormalities, but how this condition is maintained over time remains debated. We assessed the prevalence of MHO over time and the incidence of hypertension (HTN), dyslipidemia, and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in MHO as compared with metabolically healthy non obese (MHNO).

Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - June 19, 2018 Category: Nutrition Authors: M. Fingeret, P. Marques-Vidal, P. Vollenweider Source Type: research