Patients With Central Fat Distribution Appear To Have Greater CV Risk,

reports on a study presented at the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD finding that “patients who had normal weight and central obesity had an increased CV risk compared with those with normal BMI without central obesity and with those with abnormal BMI without central fat distribution.” The study included “1,692 patients (mean age, 61 years; 48% men).” https://www.healio.com/cardiology/chd-prevention/news/online/%7B117983b3-570f-442a-ac45-213ee991756e%7D/normal-weight-with-central-obesity-increases-cv-risk