Association between obesity categories with cardiovascular disease and its related risk factors in the MASHAD cohort study population.

Hamideh GhazizadehSeyed Mohammad Reza MirinezhadZahra AsadiSeyed Mostafa ParizadehReza Zare-FeyzabadiNiloofar ShabaniMarziyeh EidiEhsan Mosa FarkhanyHabibollah EsmailyAli Asghar MahmoudiMohsen MouhebatiMohammad Reza OladiMohadeseh RohbanPayam SharifanMehran YadegariFatemeh SaeidiGordon A FernsMajid Ghayour Mobarhan

Published in: Journal of clinical laboratory analysis (2019)

Obesity strongly predicts several CVD risk factors. Following 6 years of follow-up, in individuals within increasing degrees of obesity, there was a corresponding significant increase in CVD events, rising to approximately a twofold higher risk of cardiovascular events in women compared with men.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular events
risk factors
cardiovascular disease
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
type diabetes
high fat diet induced
weight gain
coronary artery disease
polycystic ovary syndrome
adipose tissue