Cardiovascular complications of obesity

Submitted: February 4, 2016
Accepted: February 4, 2016
Published: February 4, 2016
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Obesity is one of the major coronary risk factor representing an increasingly important worldwide health problem. The increased prevalence of obesity among younger population is likely to have long-term implications for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Obesity plays a central role in the insulin resistance syndrome and contributes to increase the risk of atherosclerotic CVD. The present review will examine the relationships among cardiovascular risk factors during the childhood-adolescence-adulthood transition. In fact, the relationship between obesity (especially visceral obesity) and CVD appears to develop at a relatively young age. The foremost physical consequence of obesity is atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and polycystic ovary syndrome represents an intriguing example of obesity-related cardiovascular complications affecting young women.

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Cascella, Teresa, Francesco Giallauria, Domenico Tafuri, Gaetano Lombardi, Annamaria Colao, Carlo Vigorito, and Francesco Orio. 2016. “Cardiovascular Complications of Obesity”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 66 (4). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2006.518.