All-cause mortality of metabolically healthy or unhealthy obese: risk stratification using myocardial perfusion imaging.

Introduction: There is still controversy about the favorable prognosis of "metabolically healthy" (MH) obese. This study evaluated mortality and the use of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) for risk stratification of MH or metabolically unhealthy (MU) obese or nonobese patients.

Material And Methods: Patients without dyslipidemia, hypertension, or diabetes were considered MH, and those with ≥ 1 of these risk factors were considered MU.