Obesity and Metabolic Phenotypes (Metabolically Healthy and Unhealthy Variants) Are Significantly Associated with Prevalence of Elevated C-Reactive Protein and Hepatic Steatosis in a Large Healthy Brazilian Population

• Main Authors: Sameer Shaharyar (Author), Lara L. Roberson (Author), Omar Jamal (Author), Adnan Younus (Author), Michael J. Blaha (Author), Shozab S. Ali (Author), Kenneth Zide (Author), Arthur A. Agatston (Author), Roger S. Blumenthal (Author), Raquel D. Conceição (Author), Raul D. Santos (Author), Khurram Nasir (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Among the obese, the so-called metabolically healthy obese (MHO) phenotype is thought to confer a lower CVD risk as compared to obesity with typical associated metabolic changes. The present study aims to determine the relationship of different subtypes of obesity with inflammatory-cardi...