Role of obesity in development of ischemic heart disease in elderly diabetic patients

Home of Kyle J. Norton for The Better of Living & Living Health Obesity is defined as a medical condition of excess body fat has accumulated overtime, while overweight is a condition of excess body weight relatively to the height. According to the Body Mass Index(BMI), a BMI between 25 to 29.9 is considered over weight, while a BMI of over 30 is an indication of obesity. According to the statistic, 68% of American population are either overweight or obese. Clinically Overweight and obesity are defined indicators of a disease process characterized by the accumulation of body fat due to an excess of energy intake (nutritional intake) relative to energy expenditure (physical activity)(a).
Ischemic heart disease is defined as a condition of  reduced blood supply of the heart muscle, as a result of  coronary artery disease caused by plague building up in the arteries.
Role of obesity in development of ischemic heart disease in elderly diabetic patients
In the study to investigate the influence of obesity on the development of ischemic heart disease (IHD)  in 103 diabetic patients over 65 years of age. The patients were divided into three groups on the basis of their body mass index: lean, less than 20; normal, 20-25; obese, greater than 25. The incidence of IHD was significantly (p less than 0.01) higher in the obese group than in the other groups (43.2 vs. 18.8 and 16.3%), indicated that the level of serum triglyceride was higher and that of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) was lower in the obese group than in the other groups, but the prevalence of IHD was significantly higher in the obese patients without hypertriglyceridemia and/or low HDL-C than in the normal group (p less than 0.05). These results suggest that obesity is a risk factor for development of IHD in elderly diabetic patients independently of other known risk factors(2).
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 (2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1624145 http://medicaladvisorjournals.blogspot.com