Clearly, obesity is a problem that is reaching epidemic proportions in the U.S., with nearly 70% of adults being classified as overweight or obese compared with fewer than 25% 40 years ago (2,3). Although too often obesity is viewed as a cosmetic problem as opposed to a major health concern, there is no question that obesity places a “heavy” burden on the entire cardiovascular system, contribut...

BACKGROUND The "obesity paradox" is defined as an inverse association of good health, survival and obesity. Usually in healthy persons the more obese you are the more metabolic complications you have; however, thin patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have more cardiovascular complications and a higher mortality rate. OBJECTIVES To explore whether atherosclerosis and per...

BACKGROUND Among the patients with established coronary artery diseases, obese patients tend to have a more favorable prognosis, which is called as obesity paradox. Interestingly, mildly obese patients who underwent coronary revascularization had a lower risk of bleeding. In this context, we have investigated the association between obesity and hemorrhagic transformation (HTf) after acute ische...

The project aims to investigate the correlation between obesity, overweight, or low body weight and risk of mortality in sepsis patients. We performed a rigorous thorough search major electronic databases, including PubMed, Web Science, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, from inception these databases up March 28, 2023. data were analyzed with Stata software (version 16.0). Twelve studies incorporating ...

Cardiorespiratory fitness as an explanation for the obesity paradox warrants further examination. We evaluated independent and joint associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and adiposity with all-cause mortality in 811 middle-aged (age, 53.3 ± 7.2 years) male never smokers without documented cardiopulmonary disease or diabetes from the Veterans Exercise Testing Study (VETS). Cardiorespiratory...