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

Angel Martin Castellanos*
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Angel Martin Castellanos*: Director of the Nutrition and Sport Medicine Center, Spain

Nutrition & Food Science International Journal, 2018, vol. 6, issue 2, 46-48

Abstract: 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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Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19081/NFSIJ.2018.06.555685

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