Metabolically Healthy Obesity Neither A Stable Nor Reliable Indicator Of Future CVD Risk, Research Indicates.

reports that research indicates “metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) is neither a stable nor reliable indicator of future risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), despite having a risk similar to that of being normal weight at baseline.” Researchers found that nearly “one-half of those with MHO and no CV risk at baseline developed metabolic syndrome (MetS) during follow-up, resulting in increased odds of CVD...compared with those with stable MHO or having healthy normal weight.” The data indicated “the duration of MetS was associated with CVD in a significant and linear dose-response fashion – one visit with MetS OR 1.62, two visits OR 1.92, three or more visits OR 2.33, P value for trend <0.001 – and MetS mediated approximately 62% (44-100%) of the relationship between obesity at any point during follow-up and CVD.” The findings were published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/metabolicsyndrome/72492