Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Editorial
. 2010 Jul;85(7):605-8.
doi: 10.4065/mcp.2010.0333.

Body composition and heart failure prevalence and prognosis: getting to the fat of the matter in the "obesity paradox"

Carl J Lavie, Richard V Milani, Hector O Ventura, Abel Romero-Corral
Editorial

Body composition and heart failure prevalence and prognosis: getting to the fat of the matter in the "obesity paradox"

Carl J Lavie et al. Mayo Clin Proc. 2010 Jul.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
Freedom from cardiovascular death or urgent transplant in patients in quintiles (Q) 1 and 5 for percent body fat (left) and body mass index (right). From Am J Cardiol 2003, with permission from Elsevier.
FIGURE 2.
FIGURE 2.
Actuarial cumulative hazard plot for survival time in 529 patients with coronary heart disease based on baseline body mass index (bMI) status (high, bMI ≥25 kg/m2, vs low, bMI <25 kg/m2) (left) and baseline percent body fat (high fat >25% in men and >35% in women vs low fat) (right). From Am J Med, with permission from Elsevier.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Comment in

Comment on

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

See all "Cited by" articles

References

    1. Poirier P, Giles TD, Bray GA, et al. Obesity and cardiovascular disease: pathophysiology, evaluation, and effect of weight loss: an update of the 1997 American Heart Association Scientific Statement on obesity and heart disease from the Obesity Committee of the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism. Circulation 2006;113(6):898-918 - PubMed
    1. Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Ventura HO. Obesity and cardiovascular disease: risk factor, paradox, and impact of weight loss. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009;53(21):1925-1932 - PubMed
    1. Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Ogden CL, Johnson CL. Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2000. JAMA 2002;288(14):1723-1727 - PubMed
    1. Manson JE, Bassuk SS. Obesity in the United States: a fresh look at its high toll [editorial]. JAMA 2003;289(2):229-230 - PubMed
    1. Ford ES, Capewell S. Coronary heart disease mortality among young adults in the U.S. from 1980 through 2002: concealed leveling of mortality rates. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007;50(22):2128-2132 - PubMed