11 Mar Obese Patients Live Shorter and Sicker Lives with More Heart Disease

MedicalResearch.com Interview with:

Dr. Khan

Dr. Sadiya S. Khan, MD MS
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine
Department of Preventive Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? 

Response: In recent years, controversy has grown regarding findings termed the “obesity paradox” whereby individuals with cardiovascular disease who are obese have “better” outcomes. These findings have led to confusion for patients who are obese.

The main findings of our study help clarify the adverse cardiovascular risks for obese individuals with a shorter overall health span and lifespan. Obese participants in our study lived shorter and sicker with more years lived with cardiovascular diseases and greater lifetime risk of developing cardiovascular disease. 

 MedicalResearch.com: What should readers take away from your report? 

Response: The importance of maintaining a healthy BMI throughout the life course from young adulthood to older adulthood to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease and promote longer healthier life or absolute and relative compression of morbidity. 

MedicalResearch.com: What recommendations do you have for future research as a result of this work?

Response: Future research should focus on strategies aimed at primordial prevention on an Individual and population level to achieve or maintain a normal BMI. 

No disclosures. 

Citations:

Khan SS, Ning H, Wilkins JT, Allen N, Carnethon M, Berry JD, Sweis RN, Lloyd-Jones DM. Association of Body Mass Index With Lifetime Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Compression of Morbidity. JAMA Cardiol. Published online February 28, 2018. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2018.0022

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Last Updated on March 11, 2018 by Marie Benz MD FAAD