Understanding what we mean by the obesity paradox

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Level 2, New Lister Building, 10-16 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow, UK.
² Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, UK.

Comment

Stamatina Iliodromiti et al. Eur Heart J. 2018.

. 2018 Oct 21;39(40):3673.

doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy542.

¹ School of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Level 2, New Lister Building, 10-16 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow, UK.
² Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, UK.

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The impact of confounding on the associations of different adiposity measures with the incidence of cardiovascular disease: a cohort study of 296 535 adults of white European descent.
Iliodromiti S, Celis-Morales CA, Lyall DM, Anderson J, Gray SR, Mackay DF, Nelson SM, Welsh P, Pell JP, Gill JMR, Sattar N. Iliodromiti S, et al. Eur Heart J. 2018 May 1;39(17):1514-1520. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy057. Eur Heart J. 2018. PMID: 29718151 Free PMC article.
Disproving the obesity paradox-not.
Carbone S, Lavie CJ. Carbone S, et al. Eur Heart J. 2018 Oct 21;39(40):3672. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy541. Eur Heart J. 2018. PMID: 30202911 Free PMC article. No abstract available.