The effect of sex and menopause on carotid intima-media thickness and pulse wave velocity in morbid obesity.
Stefanie R van MilL Ulas BiterGert Jan M van de GeijnErwin BirnieMartin DunkelgrunJan N M IjzermansNoelle van der MeulenGuido H H MannaertsManuel Castro CabezasPublished in: European journal of clinical investigation (2019)
Sex differences in PWV persist in subjects suffering from morbid obesity. However, no difference was found in cIMT between morbidly obese men and women after adjustment for classic cardiovascular risk factors. Premenopausal morbidly obese women are protected for cardiovascular disease when compared with postmenopausal morbidly obese women.
Keyphrases
- bariatric surgery
- weight loss
- obese patients
- cardiovascular risk factors
- metabolic syndrome
- cardiovascular disease
- breast cancer risk
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- postmenopausal women
- pregnancy outcomes
- blood pressure
- bone mineral density
- high fat diet induced
- weight gain
- adipose tissue
- cervical cancer screening
- optical coherence tomography
- body mass index
- blood flow