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Metabolically healthy obesity and risk of stroke: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
- Source :
- Ann Transl Med
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- AME Publishing Company, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background Metabolic healthy obesity (MHO) is a unique subgroup of overweight and obese individuals with normal metabolic characteristics. Its association with the risk of stroke remains unclear. We aimed to examine the risk of stroke in MHO individuals and the further associations between stroke and metabolic abnormalities under different bodyweight conditions. Methods We systematically searched PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library from December 1946 to January 2019, and only included prospective cohort studies. Random effects models were used to evaluate the pooled risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of incident stroke. Results A total of eight studies comprising 4,256,888 participants were included in the meta-analysis. MHO individuals had an increased risk of stroke compared with metabolically healthy normal weight (MH-NW) individuals (RR =1.17, 95% CI: 1.11-1.23). However, the stroke risk of metabolically healthy overweight individuals was the same (RR =1.02, 95% CI: 0.84-1.23). All groups with unhealthy metabolism had a similarly elevated risk: normal weight (RR =1.83, 95% CI: 1.57-2.14), overweight (RR =1.93, 95% CI: 1.44-2.58), and obesity (RR =2.00, 95% CI: 1.40-2.87). Conclusions The meta-analysis confirms a positive association between MHO phenotype and the risk of stroke. Individuals with metabolic abnormalities under different bodyweight conditions are at elevated risk.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
General Medicine
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Overweight
medicine.disease
Obesity
Confidence interval
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
Relative risk
Meta-analysis
Metabolically healthy obesity
Medicine
Original Article
030212 general & internal medicine
medicine.symptom
business
Prospective cohort study
Stroke
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23055847 and 23055839
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Translational Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....14b7802331f41173e70f4bdc12cda4f9