Obesity and prognosis-just one of many cardiovascular paradoxes?

Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2014 Jan-Feb;56(4):367-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2013.10.017. Epub 2013 Oct 24.

Author

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA; Department of Preventive Medicine, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. Electronic address: clavie@ochsner.org.

PMID: 24438727
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2013.10.017

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Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Body Mass Index
Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control
Comorbidity
Female
Global Health
Health Promotion / organization & administration*
Humans
Male
Obesity / epidemiology*
Obesity / prevention & control
Obesity / therapy
Obesity, Morbid / epidemiology
Obesity, Morbid / prevention & control
Obesity, Morbid / therapy
Prevalence
Prognosis
Risk Assessment
Treatment Outcome