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Author Spotlight: Assessing the Cardiovascular Profile of Patients with Metabolic Syndrome
Published on: September 27, 2024
Lifestyle of metabolically healthy obese individuals
Päivi E Korhonen1, Pirkko Korsoff2, Tero Vahlberg3
1Satakunta Hospital District, 28100 Pori, Finland; Central Satakunta Health Federation of Municipalities, 29200 Harjavalta, Finland; Institute of Clinical Medicine, Family Medicine, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.
Aims:
The aim of this study is to find factors associated with metabolic syndrome in obese individuals and thus offer guidance to stay metabolically healthy if obese.
Methods:
A cardiovascular screening programme performed in Finland during the years 2005-2007, identified 901 obese white individuals. Of them, 269 (30%) were metabolically healthy according to the Harmonization criteria of metabolic syndrome.
Results:
In multivariate logistic regression analysis, male sex [odds ratio (OR) 1.44 (95% CI 1.01-2.07)], living alone [OR 1.77 (95% CI 1.18-2.65)], physical inactivity [OR 3.73 (95% CI 1.24-11.24)], and use of betablockers [OR 2.63 (95% CI 1.75-3.95)] were associated with metabolic syndrome.
Conclusions:
Even mild or occasional physical exercise is beneficial to health in obese individuals. Betablockers may not be the antihypertensive agents of choice when treating obese hypertensive individuals.
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