Healthy Women Have Same Cardiovascular Disease Risk Regardless of BMI

Research presented at the ESC Congress by Dr Sren Sktt Andersen and Dr Michelle Schmiegelow from Denmark suggests that metabolically healthy women have the same cardiovascular disease risk regardless of their BMI. The findings in more than 260,000 subjects suggest that obese women have a window of opportunity to lose weight and avoid developing a metabolic disorder, which would increase their CVD risk. Dr Schmiegelow said: "Obesity and/or metabolic ...

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