The Metabolic Equivalent BMI in Patients with Familial Partial Lipodystrophy (FPLD) Compared with Those with Severe Obesity.

Eden KooMaria C Foss-FreitasRasimcan MeralMuhammet OzerAbdelwahab J EldinBaris AkinciNicole MillerAmy E RothbergElif Arioglu Oral

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2021)

Patients with FPLD with similar truncal mass have worse metabolic profiles than non-FPLD OCs. The differential BMI between the FPLD and OCs, when matched for their metabolic comorbidities, approximates 8.6 BMI units.

Keyphrases

body mass index
weight gain
early onset
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
insulin resistance
weight loss
high fat diet induced