Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure Among Metabolically Healthy But Obese Individuals

This study sought to investigate whether obesity in the absence of metabolic abnormalities might be a relatively benign condition in relation to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF). The results of previous studies are conflicting for AMI and largely unknown for HF, and the role of the duration of obesity has not been investigated. In a population-based prospective cohort study, a total of 61,299 men and women free of...