Obesity and obesity-induced inflammatory disease contribute to atherosclerosis: a review of the pathophysiology and treatment of obesity.
Robert J. Henning
Abstract
if diet and lifestyle interventions fail to achieve weight loss. In addition, antihypertensive therapy, plasma lipid reduction and glucose lowering therapy should be prescribed in obese patients with hypertension, a 10-year CVD risk >7.5%, or prediabetes or diabetes.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineAdipokineInternal medicineEndothelial dysfunctionAdipose tissuePopulationOverweightInflammationObesityResistinEndocrinologyInsulin resistanceEnvironmental healthAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesApelin-related biomedical researchCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity