Crimson Publishers Publish With Us Reprints e-Books Video articles

Abstract

Interventions in Obesity & Diabetes

Obesity Paradox in Cardiovascular Diseases and Research Progress

  • Open or CloseChangping Li, Lili Zhang and Zhong Chen*

    Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, No. 300 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233, P.R.China

    *Corresponding author:Zhong Chen, Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital. No. 300 Yishan Road, Shanghai 200233, P.R.China

Submission: January 30, 2020Published: February 06, 2020

DOI: 10.31031/IOD.2019.03.000565

ISSN : 2578-0263
Volume3 Issue3

Abstract

In recent years, clinical evidence suggests that obese and overweight people with established cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) seem to have a better prognosis compared with lean patients. This phenomenon has been described as the ‘obesity paradox’, but there are also those who disagree with this seemingly deviant view, its existence remains a point of debate. This review tries to summarize the latest research progress of obesity paradox in CVDs and concludes with some explanations for this puzzling phenomenon.

Keywords: Overweight; Cardiovascular diseases; Hypertension; Obese patients

Abbreviations: CVDs: Cardiovascular Diseases; BMI: Body Mass Index; DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure; WHR: Waist-to-Hip Ratio; CAD: Coronary Artery Disease; ACS: Acute Coronary Syndrome; AF: Atrial Fibrillation

Get access to the full text of this article