Association between the metabolically healthy obese phenotype and the risk of myocardial infarction: results from the Kailuan study.

Conclusions MHO subjects showed a substantially higher risk of MI in comparison with MH-NW subjects. That said, even without measurable metabolic abnormalities, obesity was associated with a higher risk of MI.
PMID: 30400019 [PubMed - in process]

Source: European Journal of Endocrinology - November 8, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Xu Y, Li H, Wang A, Su Z, Yang G, Luo Y, Tao L, Chen S, Wu S, Wang Y, Guo X Tags: Eur J Endocrinol Source Type: research