INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES To analyze the association between higher body mass index and waist circumference, and the prognostic values of both indicators in total and cardiac mortality in patients with chronic heart failure. METHODS The study included 2254 patients who were followed up for 4 years. Obesity was classified as a body mass index ≥30 and overweight as a body mass index of 25.0-2...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the potential relationship between overweight, obesity, and severe obesity and the risk of hospitalization for heart failure (HF) in patients with type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We studied patients with type 1 diabetes included in the Swedish National Diabetes Registry during 1998-2003, and they were followed up until hospitalization for HF, death, or 31...

background: obesity and overweight among children is a major public health problem in developed and developing countries and has important health and economic implications. this longitudinal study aimed to assessing the prevalence trend of overweight and obesity in west azerbaijan in north west of iran. methods: this study was a longitudinal follow-up study and was conducted in school children ...

Overweight and obesity are rapidly increasing in prevalence due to adoption of the westernized life style in Korea. Obesity is strongly associated with the development of cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. In addition, accumulating evidence suggests that obesity per se has a direct effect on cardiac functional and structural changes that may not be the...

Introduction Prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing worldwide in parallel with the growing burden of noncommunicable chronic diseases. According to the World Health Organization, in 2005 approximately 1.6 billion individuals aged ≥15 years were overweight and at least 400 million were obese; by 2015 these figures will almost double. Central distribution of adiposity has also been as...

BACKGROUND Obesity is considered to be related to recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF), left atrial thrombus formation, and atrial remodeling. However, whether obesity is an independent risk factor for stroke and other thromboembolic events is still controversial. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the effects of body mass index (BMI) on the risks of stroke, thromboembolism, and mort...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether exercise intolerance and recommended activity restrictions are associated with development of overweight and obesity in children with congenital heart disease. DESIGN Retrospective review. SETTING Pediatric cardiology practice at a teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS A total of 110 pediatric congenital heart disease patients followed up for a mean of 8.4 years. ...

socioeconomic basis of children obesity is of high importance for preventive policies. this study aimed to compare the prevalence of obesity among children living in two different levels of welfare regions in mashhad northeast of iran. a total of 625 primary school girls and boys aged 78-127 months were randomly selected, and values of their body mass index (bmi) were measured. the prevalence o...

(CVD) risk factors, CV structure and function, and increases the prevalence of most CVD, including coronary heart disease (CHD) and heart failure (HF) (2,3). Nevertheless, we reported an obesity paradox in 6 studies of 22,807 patients with HF (4); a metaanalysis of 89 studies in 1.3 million patients with established CHD which confirmed a strong obesity paradox (5); and a meta-analysis by Flegal...