Are Obese Individuals with no Feature of Metabolic Syndrome but Increased Waist Circumference Really Healthy? A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

Our data do not support the characterization of metabolically healthy obesity, even definite, as really healthy, as many patients with this phenotype have abnormal cardiovascular markers and glucose or liver abnormalities. HbA1c measurement seems to be more sensitive than OGTT to detect dysglycemia in this population.