title: [Complications of obesity--pathogenesis].
abstract: Author discuss possible pathogenetic mechanisms of obesity complications. He separates metabolic complications, especially risk factors of atherosclerosis collected in syndrome of insulin resistance. Here can be added also hyperuricaemia and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Mechanical complications of obesity are first of all breath disorders, gastrooesophageal reflux disease and ostaoarthritis.
authors.affiliation: II. Interná klinika Lekárskej fakulty UK a UN Bratislava, Slovenská republika. boris.krahulec@faneba.sk
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Krahulec
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000209:etiology; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors