Substantial reassessment is needed of the importance of obesity for cardiovascular disease in most regions of the world
Salim Yusuf
The standard method by which we have been measuring obesity is obsolete and should be replaced by the waist-to-hip ratio
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The future really is to find therapies that are just as effective, but safer
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This means a short-term therapy that is just as effective at preventing events but is much safer translates in the long term to an important difference
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Most of us think of obesity as a problem of rich and western industrialized countries. But our data shows that it also affects low and middle income countries especially people living in cities
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What we know is that fat in the abdomen, which is associated with a larger waist, is metabolically active and produces various hormones that can cause harmful effects, such as causing diabetes, affecting blood pressure, affecting lipid [blood fat] levels,.. Fat in the abdomen may also relate to fat in the liver, and that makes the liver not function well.
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Our findings suggest that substantial reassessment is needed of the importance of obesity for cardiovascular disease in most regions of the world.
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The global burden of obesity has been substantially underestimated by the reliance of BMI in previous studies.
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The best index of obesity as a predictor of myocardial infarction is the waist-to-hip ratio
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(Angioplasty) is at least a reasonable alternative to (drug) therapy in high-risk patients, and in expert hands, may be preferred in patients prone to stroke, such as the elderly
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