Obesity and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in adults with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: An analysis from HELLAS-FH registry.

Fotios BarkasChristos V RizosGeorge LiamisIoannis SkoumasAnastasia GaroufiLoukianos RallidisGenovefa KolovouKonstantinos TziomalosEmmanouil SkalidisGeorge SfikasVasilios KotsisMichalis DoumasPanagiotis AnagnostisVaia LambadiariGeorgia AnastasiouIosif KoutagiarAchilleas AttilakosEstela KiouriVana KolovouGeorgios PolychronopoulosAmalia-Despoina KoutsogianniEvangelos ZacharisCharalambos KoumarasChristina AntzaChrysoula BoutariEvangelos Liberopoulos

Published in: Journal of clinical lipidology (2024)

Over half of adults with HeFH have overweight or obesity. Obesity was independently associated with increased prevalence of CAD in this population.

Keyphrases

weight loss
insulin resistance
weight gain
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
high fat diet induced
coronary artery disease
body mass index
physical activity
risk factors
early onset
cardiovascular events