ArticleBiology2023
Metabolically Healthy Obesity Is a Misnomer: Components of the Metabolic Syndrome Linearly Increase with BMI as a Function of Age and Gender.
Article in Biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Impact of metabolic syndrome and its components on the tumor aggressiveness of renal cell carcinoma.Medicine · 2026Observational
- The Global Obesity Epidemic: Epidemiology, Health Burden and Policy Priorities.European cardiology · 2026Review
- Association of Composite Metabolic Indices and Oxidative Stress Biomarkers with Coronary Atherosclerosis Detected by CT Angiography in Premenopausal Women with Metabolic Syndrome.Vascular health and risk management · 2026Article
- Midlife BMI and A Body Shape Index in relation to mortality and coronary heart disease events in a nationwide cohort.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Trends in Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity by Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Income among United States Adults, 1999 to 2018.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2025Article
- Cardiometabolic Risk in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis and Temporal and Geographical Trends.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- The Metabolic Syndrome, a Human Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Update on Obesity in Psoriasis Patients.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectivesWe aimed to examine the relationships between body mass index (BMI) and metabolic syndrome (MS) components as a function of age and gender across weight categories.
methodsThis cross-sectional study included 19,328 subjects who participated in a health-screening program. We analyzed 14,093 apparently healthy subjects with a BMI ≥ 18.5 kg/m
resultsAt a BMI of 18.5 kg/m
conclusions(A) MS components increase linearly with BMI from the lowest normal BMI and continue to increase with age and BMI; (B) metabolically healthy obesity is rare in subjects with a high BMI and declines with age; (C) hypertension is the most common component in men; and (D) in women, MS components are seen at older ages than in men for the same BMI. Metabolic health declines with age and BMI in nearly all subjects with obesity.
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