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ArticleScientific reports2021

Association of weight fluctuation with cardiovascular disease risk among initially obese adults.

Seogsong Jeong, Seulggie Choi, Jooyoung Chang, Kyuwoong Kim, Sung Min Kim, Seo Yun Hwang, Joung Sik Son, Gyeongsil Lee, Sang Min Park

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Seogsong JeongDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.
Seulggie ChoiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.
Jooyoung ChangDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.
Kyuwoong KimNational Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
Sung Min KimDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.
Seo Yun HwangSchool of Health and Environmental Science, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Joung Sik SonDepartment of Family Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, 08308, South Korea.
Gyeongsil LeeDepartment of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sang Min ParkDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea. smpark.snuh@gmail.com.
Seoul National University · KRSeoul National University Hospital · KRKorea University · KRKorea University Medical Center · KRNational Cancer Center · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The association of fluctuations in body mass index with cardiovascular risk in long-term is not well understood. This study aimed to investigate cardiovascular outcomes of weight fluctuation. Total of 67,101 obese adults from the Korean National Health Insurance Service who received health examinations in three separate biennial periods were included. Participants were followed up from January 1, 2008 to the date of cardiovascular disease, death, or December 31, 2015, and categorized into 9 distinctive groups according to the BMI. Continuous weight gain showed an increased risk of overall cardiovascular disease (hazard ratio [HR], 2.36; P = 0.007), whereas weight loss after weight maintenance (HR, 0.91; P = 0.016) and weight maintenance after weight loss (HR, 0.91; P = 0.004) were ameliorative compared to the no weight change group. As for coronary heart disease, weight maintenance after weight gain was unfavorable (HR, 1.25; P = 0.004) while weight loss after weight maintenance (HR, 0.82; P < 0.001), weight cycling (HR, 0.83; P = 0.043), and weight maintenance after weight loss (HR, 0.88; P = 0.012) were beneficial. Weight maintenance after weight loss is beneficial for obese adults in terms of cardiovascular risks. In addition, weight loss is in part related to reduced risk of coronary heart disease despite weight cycling.

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Body WeightAdultBody Mass IndexCardiometabolic Risk FactorsCardiovascular DiseasesComorbidityDisease SusceptibilityFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedObesityRisk AssessmentRisk Factors

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PMID33980955
PMCPMC8115677
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