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SM Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

Obesity Paradox in Type 2 Diabetic People: the Evidence Suggests that is the Results of Studies

[ ISSN : 2573-5462 ]

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Received: 18-Jan-2016

Accepted: 12-Feb-2016

Published: 17-Feb-2016

Review Article | Volume 2 - Issue 1 | Article DOI :

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Ricardo V García-Mayor*

Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, “El Castro Medical Centre” and The South Galicia Biomedical Foundation, Spain

Corresponding Author:

Ricardo V García-Mayor, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, “El Castro” Medical Centre and South Galicia Biomedical Foundation of the University Hospital of Vigo, “Álvaro Cunqueiro” University Hospital of Vigo, Spain, Email(s): ricardo.garcia.mayor@sergas. es; garcia-mayor@uvigo.es

Keywords

Diabetes Mellitus; All-Cause Mortality; Survival; Epidemiology; Obesity Paradox

Abstract

There is growing evidence that overweight or obese patients with cardiovascular disease survive longer than their normal-weight counterparts, an effect called the “Obesity paradox”. Similar effect might exist in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), however, results conflict; some studies confirm such effect while others observed negative associations between higher BMI and mortality rates. A brief review of the more powerful studied suggest that obesity paradox in T2DM people is rather product of studies biases than a real biological phenomenon.

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García-Mayor RV. Obesity Paradox in Type 2 Diabetic People: the Evidence Suggests that is the Results of Studies’ Biases. SM J Nutr Metab. 2016; 2(1): 1010.