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Associations of overweight and obesity with the risk of cardiovascular disease according to metabolic risk factors among middle-aged Japanese workers: The Aichi Workers' cohort study.

Obes Res Clin Pract

May 2024

Department of Public Health and Health Systems, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan. Electronic address:

Background: The association between obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains unclear, particularly for those with established CVD risk factors. We analyzed follow-up data from the Aichi Workers' Cohort Study. We studied the association between the degree of obesity and risk of CVD and its subtypes specifically among individuals with hypertension, hyper-low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterolemia, or diabetes.

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Objectives: The burden of hypertension is increasing in low-income countries, including Ethiopia. Obesity is widely known to be associated with hypertension, but different anthropometric indices of obesity might differ in association with hypertension, which is largely unknown in northern Ethiopia.

Design: Data from our previous cross-sectional epidemiological survey were statistically analysed.

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