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Obesity and Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Males What is the Best Anthropometric Indicator in the Risk Prediction?

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  • Angel Martin Castellanos*

    (Director of the Nutrition and Sport Medicine Center, Spain)

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Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality worldwide. On the other hand, ischaemic heart disease is the world`s big killer in males [1]. Worldwide overweight and obesity are an epidemic with high prevalence in adults [2,3]. Among anthropometric indicators, body mass index (BMI) has been associated with both cardiovascular mortality and myocardial infarction (MI) [4-6]. But in spite of its wide use is only a surrogate measure of general body fatness and does not provide accurate information on the body composition of risk.

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  • Angel Martin Castellanos*, 2018. "Obesity and Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Males What is the Best Anthropometric Indicator in the Risk Prediction?," Nutrition & Food Science International Journal, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 6(2), pages 46-48, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jnfsij:v:6:y:2018:i:2:p:46-48
    DOI: 10.19081/NFSIJ.2018.06.555685
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