Obesity Risk Factors
Researchers from Wayne State University, Division of Cardiology provide details of new studies and findings in the area of obesity risk factors
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 19th, 2008
Fresh data on obesity are presented in the report 'Ethnic and sex differences in disease burden in patients undergoing coronary angiography: the confounding influence of obesity.' "Data from cohort studies, predominantly in Caucasians, have identified obesity as a major risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), irrespective of sex. In contrast, reports examining the effects of obesity on mortality in African Americans suggest a weak relationship between body mass index (BMI) and mortality, particularly among women," scientists in the United States report.
"Data correlating body weight with angiographic severity of CAD is sparse in minority populations. We sought to...
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