The aim is to observe whether body composition in patients with high-risk obesity (body mass index >35 or between 30 and 34.9kg/m2 with a waist circumference greater than 102cm in men or greater than 88cm in women) is related with vascular disease.

This is a cross-sectional study of patients with high-risk obesity. Their fat mass was measured through bioimpedance and arterial stiffness through pulse wave velocity (PWV). Tertiles of patients were analyzed according to PWV distribution.

A total of 59 patients were analyzed. As PWV increased, BMI (p=0.02) and fat mass content (p<0.00) increased. There was also a significant increase in inflammation indicators.

In patients with high-risk obesity, there were differences in their body composition which were associated with changes in arterial stiffness and inflammatory burden.

Comprobar si la composición corporal en los pacientes con obesidad de riesgo alto (índice de masa corporal >35 o entre 30 y 34,9kg/m2 con un perímetro abdominal mayor de 102cm en varones o mayor de 88cm en mujeres) se relaciona con la enfermedad vascular.

Estudio transversal de pacientes con obesidad de riesgo alto. Se mide su masa grasa mediante bioimpedancia y la rigidez arterial mediante la velocidad de la onda de pulso (VOP). Se analizan los terciles de pacientes según la distribución de la VOP.

Se ha estudiado a 59 pacientes. Con incrementos de la VOP, aumentan el IMC (p=0,02) y el contenido de masa grasa (p<0,00). Existe, además, un incremento significativo de los indicadores de inflamación.

En pacientes con obesidad de riesgo alto existen diferencias relativas a su composición corporal que se asocian a modificaciones de su rigidez arterial y de su carga inflamatoria.