The prevalence and severity of obesity have increased in the United States and most of the
Westernized World over recent decades, reaching worldwide epidemics. Since obesity …

Obesity has been increasing in epidemic proportions, with a disproportionately higher
increase in morbid or class III obesity, and obesity adversely affects cardiovascular (CV) …

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in most of the Westernized world.
Overweightness and obesity adversely impact cardiac structure and function, including on …

The management of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in patients with obesity presents
numerous challenges. Obesity has a negative effect on almost all of the major CVD risk …

Obesity is currently one of the greatest public health issues worldwide. However, despite its
known deleterious effects on the cardiovascular system and its association with numerous …

Objectives The association between obesity and prognosis in patients with coronary artery
disease (CAD) remains uncertain. We undertook a meta-analysis for the effects of body …

Obesity is associated with a host of cardiovascular risk factors and its prevalence is rising
rapidly. Despite strong evidence that obesity predisposes to the development and …

Objective To study the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and central obesity and
mortality in elderly patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Patients and Methods We …

Background Prognosis based on body fat percentage (BF%) in patients with coronary artery
disease has not been extensively studied. We tested the hypothesis that patients with …

Objective To evaluate the effects of body composition as a function of lean mass index (LMI)
and body fat (BF) on the correlation between increasing body mass index (BMI; calculated …