Med Page Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) plans to recommend intensive behavioral interventions -- but not pharmacologic therapies -- for kids with a high body mass index (BMI). (MedPage Today) -- The U.S. In its draft recommendation statement.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

JANUARY 3, 2024

In today’s society, the prevalence of obesity has become a significant concern. have obesity, and this rate has increased by more than 10 percentage points in the past two decades. Understanding the prevalence of obesity is crucial in comprehending why events like Healthy Weight Week are essential. of adults in the U.S.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Bariatric surgery is more effective in controlling hypertension rates, or high blood pressure, in people with obesity and uncontrolled high blood pressure compared to blood pressure medication alone, according to a new study.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Background The obesity occurrence has achieved epidemic levels worldwide and several studies indicate a paradoxical similarity among obesity and the prognosis in heart failure (HF). 56–70), BMI 18.5–24.9 = 35.1%, 24.9 = 35.1%, 25–29.9 = 37.2%, 30–34.9 = 17.8%, 35–39.9 = 7%; BMI <18.5 Results BMI 30–34.9

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 31, 2024

Obesity, a pervasive health concern, has been identified as a significant risk factor for ATAAD, introducing unique surgical challenges that can influence postoperative outcomes. Based on BMI (WS/T 428-2013), patients were categorized into normal weight, overweight, and obese. Results The average age of the cohort was 50.1 ± 11.2

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HCPLive

MARCH 11, 2024

New data from the Mayo Clinic show high BMI does not correlate with severe hidradenitis suppurativa in affected children and adolescents.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Obesity is a widespread public health challenge in the Middle East, maintaining prevalence in 54.2% Overweight and obese women have a higher risk of hypertension and cardiovascular risk factors than women with a standard BMI, according to an analysis of the ANCORS-YW STUDY presented at ACC Middle East 2024. of women and 31.4%

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Obesity is a complex, diverse and multifactorial disease that has become a major public health concern in the last decades. The current classification systems relies on anthropometric measurements, such as BMI.

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Cardiology Update

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Previous studies have associated obesity with negative changes in the right ventricle using imaging techniques. However, the connection between obesity and more direct measures of right ventricle function, particularly those reflecting hemodynamic consequences, have been unclear. Original article: Circ Heart Fail. 2023;16:e010524.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Abstract Background N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentrations are lower in patients with obesity. The interaction between body mass index (BMI) and NT-proBNP with respect to heart failure (HF) risk remains incompletely defined. pg/mL lower NT-proBNP per 1 kg/m 2 higher BMI; p<0.001). vs. 0.6%, 1.3%

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HCPLive

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity were not linked to an increased prevalence of iron deficiency or anemia during pregnancy in a US population.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Visceral Fat & Insulin Resistance While rates of smoking have decreased significantly in recent decades, the rates of obesity and excess visceral fat have increased dramatically 3. Trends in the number of obese and severely obese people by region. Relationship of BMI and Risk Of Diabetes. Obesity (Silver Spring).

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Background:Impaired left atrial (LA) function is observed in obese patients, however, there is little information on when LA dysfunction begins to appear. To clarify this issue, we assessed LA volume and function in obese infants.Methods:Two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography was performed in 96 infants aged 4 months.

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CardiacWire

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The associations between obesity and hypertension are widely known, but a new JACC study reveals that weight-reducing gastric bypass surgery has a significant and lasting impact on patients’ need for antihypertensives. The GATEWAY trial assigned 100 participants (76% women, 43.8 of them achieved BPs below 130/80 mm Hg (vs.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Obesity is associated with increased cardiovascular risk and adverse cardiac changes such as left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and in TOF higher body mass index (BMI) contributed to increase risk. In the presence of obesity, RVEDVi may underestimate the severity of RV volume load. mL/m2, p=0.04; RVEDVi 157.4±21.5 vs RVEDV 297.6±56.6

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European Journal of Heart Failure

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Increasing severity of obesity is associated with multiple characteristics that may contribute to the development or worsening of heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Echocardiography demonstrated increased CO with obesity, but not estimated right atrial (RA) pressure or E/e′. of patients had BMI ≥30 kg/m 2.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Kobe University finding adds another aspect to the obesity paradox but also highlights the importance of considering the population's normal when recommending best practices. Slightly overweight stroke survivors have a lower risk of sustaining disabilities.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Background Worldwide obesity has a high prevalence, as well as carries a high risk of several chronic diseases, including hypertension. Studies of the association between obesity and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) are scarce and most use only body mass index (BMI) as indicator of adiposity.

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Open Heart

JUNE 9, 2023

Body mass index (BMI) ‘(weight (kg)/height (m) 2 ) was calculated and patients with BMI ≥30 kg/m 2 were categorised as obese. The mean BMI was 27.48±4.93 kg/m 2 and 23.2% (255) were categorised as obese. to 0.96, p=0.033) for postprocedure in-hospital morbidity. to 7.15, p=0.007).

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Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The impact of severe obesity on weight-based heparin dosing is not well studied. Lower heparin dose (U/kg) was required in obese patients to achieve target ACT. In conclusion, there is significant variability in the therapeutic effect of heparin, with a lower weight-adjusted heparin dose required in obese patients.

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Circulation

JANUARY 22, 2025

Optimal NT-proBNP cut points for HFpEF rule out (optimizing sensitivity) and rule in (optimizing specificity) were derived and tested, stratified by obesity and atrial fibrillation. Current consensus age- and BMI-stratified rule-in thresholds demonstrated only 65% specificity (95% CI, 57%72%).

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DAIC

JULY 31, 2024

It incorporates age, body mass index (BMI), and atrial fibrillation to aid in the diagnosis of HFpEF. The newly developed HFpEF-ABA score model estimates the probability of HFpEF in individual patients based on three simple clinical variables: age, BMI, and atrial fibrillation.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Association between epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and cardiac dysfunction in severe obesity. BMI, body mass index; GLS, global longitudinal strain; LASct, left atrial contractile strain. Abstract Aim Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) plays a role in obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. p  = 0.045).

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Obesity is associated with reduced catheter ablation-induced scar formation on late-gadolinium enhancement MRI. Abstract Introduction Obesity is implicated in adverse atrial remodeling and worse outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation. Ablation parameters and lesion delivery were not dependent on BMI.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

There is scarcity of literature exploring the association between high body mass index (BMI) and cardiac conduction defects (CCD).

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

JANUARY 12, 2024

Individuals who are overweight or obese often develop insulin resistance, mediation of the association between body mass index (BMI) and stroke risk through the triglyceride-glucose index (TyG) seems plausible.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 26, 2025

kg/m2), normal weight (18.524 kg/m2), overweight (2428 kg/m2), and obese (&gt;28 kg/m2). kg/m2), normal weight (18.524 kg/m2), overweight (2428 kg/m2), and obese (&gt;28 kg/m2). as BMI increased by category, and it prevailed more frequently among women and older people regardless of their BMI status.

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Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Variants of the G protein–coupled receptor 75 (GPR75) are associated with a lower BMI in large-scale human exome-sequencing studies. Additionally, GPR75 was localized in the primary cilia of hypothalamic cells, whereas the Thinner mutation (L144P) and human GPR75 variants in individuals with a lower BMI failed to localize in the cilia.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Body mass index (BMI) is a widely available marker of nutrition status, however studies on BMI and post-ICH outcomes are limited and have conflicting results. Patients were divided into underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obese according to World Health Organization BMI criteria. 5.94) groups.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BackgroundWeight-adjusted waist circumference index (WWI) is a novel index related to obesity and has been associated with the risk and prognosis of several diseases. cm/√kg was identified for predicting myocardial infarction, outperforming waist circumference and body mass index (BMI). When WWI exceeded 10.97 cm/√kg,

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Heart 2023 Conference

JULY 17, 2021

Pregnant females with a record of bariatric surgical operation have higher cardiovascular adaptation to being pregnant in contrast with females who have comparable early-pregnancy physique mass index (BMI) however no records of weight loss surgery, new records suggest.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 16, 2024

Overweight/Obesity. Falling into the class of obesity with a BMI of greater than 30 makes this more likely, but so also does having excess visceral fat deposition with significant metabolic consequences at a BMI less than 30. Weight Loss Potential With Obesity Medications. ” here is what I tell them.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Older adults with obesity and metabolic syndrome may have decreased elimination of the xylitol metabolite xylose, which may explain the higher observed risk of thrombosis and stroke in older adults who consume foods with sugar alcohols. The mean BMI was 35.2 kg/m2, HbA1c was 5.9% 0.4,

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Based on the finetuned NN, we predicted risk markers within an independent cohort of 48,376 patients with a history of T2D, ASCVD, or obesity and emulated a target trial to evaluate the subclinical effect of GLP1RA. Compared to the control group, the GLP1RA cohort had a higher baseline risk profile (BMI: 35.1 [SD Hispanic, 9.6%

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DAIC

MAY 10, 2024

Variable LN morphology on screening mammograms in women with obesity due to ectopic fat deposition. Logistic regression then examined associations between lymph node size, 10-year CVD risk, MACE, T2DM, HTN, low density lipoprotein (LDL), age, and BMI.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

A physical examination was performed, heart rate was assessed, blood pressure was measured according to Korotkov method, body mass index (BMI) was calculated. At the same time, 23 pregnant women (95.8%) with CHT were overweight, of which 15(62.5%) were women with obesity of the I and II degree. Heart rate in group 1 was 89.8±12.2

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Overall BMI was normal, however 17% (5 of 30) were overweight or obese (Table 1).The Physical activity level includes structured sports participation, daily stepcounts, and active-zone-minute, AZM (minute spend doing activity ≥ moderate intensity) measured by accelerometer (Fitbit Inspire3).Patients 7.2mL/kg/min vs 35.1±3.96mL/kg/min;

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