Cardiovascular risk in relation to Body Mass Index in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Hadhemi Belhassen; Ramla Mizouri; Othman Rym Ben; Siwar Saoudi; Faten Mahjoub; Berriche Olfa; Amor Nadia Ben; Jamoussi Henda

doi:10.1530/endoabs.110.EP531

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Endocrine Abstracts (2025) 110 EP531 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.110.EP531

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Cardiovascular risk in relation to Body Mass Index in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Hadhemi Belhassen ¹ , Ramla Mizouri ¹ , Rym Ben Othman ¹ , Siwar Saoudi ¹ , Faten Mahjoub ¹ , Berriche Olfa ¹ , Nadia Ben Amor ¹ & Jamoussi Henda ¹

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¹National Institute of Nutrition, A, Tunis, Tunisia

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Introduction: Epidemiological and clinical studies in the general population have demonstrated that overweight and obesity increase the risk of developing chronic conditions and are associated with all-cause and cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality, independently of gender, age, and ethnicity. The aim of this study was to demonstrate this correlation.

Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study conducted over 4 months in department A of The National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis which included patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Results: Sixty patients were included amongst whom 36 were women and 24 men. The characteristics of the patients were respectively: age: 56± 13 years, Body Mass Index: 28 ± 6 Kg/m². There was no statistically significant correlation between the Body mass index and coronary artery disease (P = 0.6), stroke nor transient ischemic attack (P = 0.4). However, obesity was a predictive factor for the development of lower extremity artery disease (P = 0.001).

Conclusions: The degree of obesity is an important factor that can aggravate the metabolic patients’ profile, but its effect on cardiovascular risk is rather correlated to its association with the other risk factors.