Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and worldwide. Considering the adverse effects of obesity on left ventricular (LV) structure, diastolic and systolic function, and other risk factors for heart failure (HF), including hypertension and coronary heart disease, HF incidence and prevalence, not surprisingly, is markedly increased in obese patients. Nevertheless, as with ...

The incidence and prevalence of obesity are fast increasing worldwide. Various indices have been used to measure and assess obesity. The body mass index (BMI) is the most common and practical of these indices. Overweight and obesity exert considerable adverse effects on the cardiovascular system. These effects are mediated through various neurohormonal and cytokine pathways, most of which are i...

The link between obesity and increased risk of mortality is well established. However, those who are obese have greater survival when they have chronic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or cardiac failure; this is known as the ‘‘obesity paradox’’. The obesity paradox is most probably attributable to obese individuals being more susceptible to milder forms of disease than normal-weight indiv...

Objective: Immigrants enjoy a health advantage over their US-born counterparts (termed the immigrant paradox), though extent of this paradox may not extend to all outcomes. Methods: We analyzed data from RAND American Life Panel. Using multivariable logistic regression, we examined associations between status and wide range outcomes (e.g., cardiovascular diseases, mental health), adjusting for ...

Obesity is a civilization disease and the proportion of people suffering from it continues to grow, especially in the developed countries. Number of obese people in Europe has increased threefold over the last 20 years. The paradox of obesity and poverty relationship is observed especially in the developed and developing countries. In developing countries, along with economic development and in...

BACKGROUND Prior work suggests that obesity may confer a survival advantage among persons with cardiovascular disease (CVD). This obesity "paradox" is frequently studied in the context of prevalent disease, a stage in the disease process when confounding from illness-related weight loss and selective survival are especially problematic. Our objective was to examine the association of obesity wi...