cardiometabolic disorder

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Introduction

A term used to describe risk factors to cardiovascular events in persons with normal BMI.

Epidemiology

* cardiometabolic disorder found in normal-weight persons

Laboratory

Clinical significance

Management

  • insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for cardiometabolic disorder in persons with normal BMI

More general terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gujral UP, Vittinghoff E, Mongraw-Chaffin M et al Cardiometabolic Abnormalities Among Normal-Weight Persons From Five Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States: A Cross- sectional Analysis of Two Cohort Studies. Ann Intern Med. April 4, 2017. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28384781 <Internet> http://annals.org/aim/article/2615811/cardiometabolic-abnormalities-among-normal-weight-persons-from-five-racial-ethnic