Obesity Without Other Risk Factors Does not Increase Mortality Rate: Study

A recently published study reveals that obesity, in the absence of other metabolic risk factors, does not, on its own, increase the risk of death of the patient. ;individual. The research comes from York University's Faculty of Health, who found that obesity in the absence of diabetes, high blood pressure and the like is not badociated to an increase in mortality. The findings are based on a study of more than 54,000 adults suffering from either obesity or obesity with other metabolic risk factors.

The findings contradict earlier studies, many of which have highlighted obesity as an early risk factor. Jennifer Kuk, responsible for the study, acknowledged:

This contrasts with most publications and we think that's because most studies have defined healthy metabolic obesity as having up to a metabolic risk factor. This is clearly problematic because hypertension alone increases your mortality risk and the earlier literature would have called these patients with obesity and hypertension, "healthy". This is probably why most studies have reported that "healthy" obesity is still badociated with a higher mortality risk.

Certain conditions, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol and hyperglycemia are badociated with a higher mortality risk. found that obesity – in the absence of these and other problems like them – does not have the same inherent risk. Unfortunately, the number of obese individuals with no other risk factors was low at only 1 in 20.

It is important to note that even though the study found no connection between l & # 's 39, "healthy" obesity and mortality risk, other previous studies have shown that obesity itself increases the chances of developing a risk factor. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the NIH clbadifies obesity itself as a risk factor for developing high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, among other conditions.

The study warns:

Obesity in the absence of metabolism abnormalities may not be badociated with a higher risk of all-cause mortality compared to lean healthy individuals. Conversely, the even elevation of a single metabolic risk factor is badociated with increased mortality risk.

SOURCE: EurekAlert