1985-P: The Relationship between Body Shape and Cardiovascular Disease in People with Metabolically Healthy Obesity

Abstract

Background: Although obesity is a significant risk factor of metabolic disorders, some people have metabolically healthy obesity (MHO). Many studies reported inconsistent results about the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in individuals with MHO. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of body shape on CVD outcomes in individuals with MHO. Methods: We analyzed the data of 8,416 participants from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study, a 10-year follow-up population-based cohort study. To evaluate the participants’ body shape, we calculated the Z-score of log-transformed A Body Shape Index (LBSIZ) and divided the participants into the following groups: metabolically healthy normal weight (MHNW), MHO, metabolically unhealthy normal weight (MUNW), and metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO). Then, each group was classified into four subgroups based on the LBSIZ quartile. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the effect of LBSIZ for CVD events according to obesity phenotypes. The graphical relationships between LBSIZ and CVD events were also evaluated with restricted cubic spline plots. Results: During the 10-year study period, 696 CVD events occurred in the participants. In the multivariate Cox regression model, MHO individuals did not have an increased risk of CVD compared with MHNW individuals. However, the further analysis with LBSIZ showed that the MHO participants with 3rd and 4th LBSIZ quartiles had a significantly higher hazards ratio for CVD events, whereas those with 1st and 2nd LBSIZ quartiles did not have an elevated risk of CVD compared to the MHNW participants with 1st quartile. In the restricted cubic spline regression, LBISZ showed a linear relationship with CVD events regardless of obesity phenotypes. Conclusion: The MHO individuals with a high quartile of LBSIZ have a significant increased risk for CVD events. Disclosure J. Park: None.