title: [Obesity and thrombotic vascular diseases].
abstract: Obesity may either be unspecific as indicated by an increased body mass index (BMI) or due to an abnormal fat-distribution as indicated by an increased waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). The latter is frequently associated with deteriorations of glucose tolerance, hypertriglyceridaemia and hypertension (the metabolic syndrome), a syndrome which is among the strongest risk factors of ischemic heart disease. It is important to note that visceral obesity is a frequent feature of the polycystic ovary syndrome. Also, weight gain after menopause is often associated with a particular increase of the WHR. Obesity as indicated by an increased BMI (> 30 kg/m2) is a weak but easily detectable risk marker of venous thrombotic disease. This risk needs to be considered in clinical practice since obesity was shown to enhance the power of precipitating risk factors of venous disease such as pregnancy, surgery or estrogen treatment.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Frauenheikunde, Universitätsklinikum Essen.
authors.forename: U H
authors.initials: UH
authors.lastname: Winkler
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Adipositas und thrombotische Gefässerkrankungen.