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How You Can Reduce The Risk Of Heart Disease Without Losing Weight.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

No Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes. A study of almost 10,000 adults with obesity (BMI >30) who were evaluated for all LE8 factors and followed for over 7 years can give us some insight 1. Can we take the obesity risk off the table also? Excess weight and obesity have been the defining health issue of the last 20 to 30 years.

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How To Reverse Diabetes.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

In the US, over 45% of the population has either diabetes or pre-diabetes 1. The absolute majority of those with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, which is usually associated with excess visceral fat and poor cardiometabolic health. Because a diagnosis of diabetes is very likely to shorten your life. Pre-Diabetes.

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Heart disease in pregnancy and risk of pre-eclampsia: a Swedish register-based study

Open Heart

Pre-eclampsia and heart failure have common risk factors, including hypertension, obesity and diabetes. Hypertension and diabetes were independent risk factors for pre-eclampsia. It is not known whether heart failure increases the risk of pre-eclampsia.

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Expert Perspective: The Obesity Paradox with Salvatore Carbone, PhD

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

Can you please explain the concept of an obesity paradox? Salvatore Carbone, PhD: First, I’d like to point out that obesity is a major risk factor for cardiometabolic disease. 2, 3] This association is more pronounced for those with class I obesity, which is a body mass index (BMI) between 30-35 kg/m2.

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Abstract 13: Prior Bariatric Surgery is Associated With Reduced Risk of Recurrent Stroke Among Elderly Obese Stroke Survivors: A National Inpatient Sample Study (2016-2019)

Stroke Journal

Introduction:The paucity of large-scale data exploring the effect of prior bariatric surgery on recurrent stroke outcomes in elderly obese stroke survivors led us to address the gap, with an emphasis on the risk of recurrent stroke and its trends.Methods:A retrospective study was conducted using National Inpatient Sample data from 2016-2019.

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Abstract TP262: Trends, Odds, Burdens and Outcomes of Metabolically Healthy Obesity in Stroke Related Hospitalizations of Elderly Patients - A Nationwide Analysis, 2016-2019

Stroke Journal

Meanwhile, Metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) trends are understudied in association with stroke. Patients were categorized into a metabolically healthy obese MHO+ve cohort, BMI> 30, and MHO-ve cohort, BMI<30. Background:Obesity has been associated with an increase in the risk of stroke and poor outcomes.

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National A-Fib Numbers Higher Than Previously Thought

DAIC

A-Fib, as the condition is commonly known, has been on the rise for at least the past decade, driven by the aging of the population, along with increasing rates of hypertension, diabetes and obesity. percent of the patients treated between 2005 and 2009 to 6.82% of the patients treated between 2015 and 2019. million U.S.