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Thirty‐Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events in Adolescents with Severe Obesity

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Quantifying risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events among adolescents is difficult owing to the long latent period between risk factor development and disease outcomes. This study examined the 30‐year CVD… Click to show full abstract

Quantifying risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events among adolescents is difficult owing to the long latent period between risk factor development and disease outcomes. This study examined the 30‐year CVD event risk among adolescents with severe obesity treated with and without metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), compared with youths with moderate obesity, overweight, or normal weight.

Keywords: risk; risk cardiovascular; obesity; cardiovascular disease; adolescents severe

Journal Title: Obesity
Year Published: 2020

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