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S Tolosa-Álvarez1, J C Arévalo-Lorido1, J F Sánchez-Muñoz-Torrero2
1Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain.
Objective:
The aim is to observe whether body composition in patients with high-risk obesity (body mass index >35 or between 30 and 34.9kg/m2 with a waist circumference greater than 102cm in men or greater than 88cm in women) is related with vascular disease.
Methods:
This is a cross-sectional study of patients with high-risk obesity. Their fat mass was measured through bioimpedance and arterial stiffness through pulse wave velocity (PWV). Tertiles of patients were analyzed according to PWV distribution.
Results:
A total of 59 patients were analyzed. As PWV increased, BMI (p=0.02) and fat mass content (p<0.00) increased. There was also a significant increase in inflammation indicators.
Conclusions:
In patients with high-risk obesity, there were differences in their body composition which were associated with changes in arterial stiffness and inflammatory burden.
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