Body Weight Loss by Very-Low-Calorie Diet Program Improves Small Artery Reactive Hyperemia in Severely Obese Patients
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Body Weight Loss by Very-Low-Calorie Diet Program Improves Small Artery Reactive Hyperemia in Severely Obese Patients J. Merino & I. Megias-Rangil & R. Ferré & N. Plana & J. Girona & A. Rabasa & G. Aragonés & A. Cabré & A. Bonada & M. Heras & L. Masana Published online: 25 August 2012 # Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012
Abstract Background Endothelial dysfunction is a major underlying mechanism for the elevated cardiovascular risk associated with increased body weight. We aimed to assess the impact of weight loss induced by an intensive very-low-calorie diet (VLCD) on arterial wall function in severely obese patients (SOP). Methods Thirty-four SOP were admitted to the metabolic ward of the hospital for a 3-week period. A VLCD characterized by a liquid diet providing 800 kcal/day was administered. The small artery reactivity to postischemic hyperemia index (saRHI), a surrogate marker of endothelial function, was assessed before and 1 week after hospital discharge. Anthropometry and biochemical parameters were also measured. Obese and non-obese age- and gendermatched groups were recruited for baseline comparisons. Results SOP had significantly lower saRHI compared with obese and non-obese individuals. SaRHI significantly increased after the intervention in SOP (1.595 ± 0.236 vs.
1.737±0.417, p00.015). A significant improvement in glucose (p00.026), systolic blood pressure (p00.049), LDLc (p< 0.001), and inflammatory parameters was observed. Body weight loss was associated with a higher saRHI (r0−0.385, p00.033), and it was the main determinant of saRHI variation independently of confounders (β −0.049, IC 95 % −0.091– 0.008, p00.021). Conclusions Weight loss induced by a VLCD in SOP improved small artery reactivity, and it was associated with the amelioration of metabolic and inflammation markers. Endothelial dysfunction may be softened by body weight loss interventions and useful in the management of cardiovascular risk factors in SOP. Keywords Very-low-calorie diet . Small artery reactive hyperemia . Severe obesity . Body weight loss . Endothelial function
Introduction J. Merino (*) : R. Ferré : N. Plana : J. Girona : G. Aragonés : A. Cabré : M. Heras : L. Masana Vascular Medicine and Metabolism Unit, Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Sant Joan University Hospital, Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Faculty of Medicine, Universitat Rovira i Virgili—Spanish Biomedical Research Network in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), Barcelona, Spain e-mail: [email protected] I. Megias-Rangil : A. Rabasa : A. Bonada Dietetics and Nutrition Unit, Sant Joan University Hospital—Reus, Reus, Spain
Obesity is an increasing public health concern because of consumption of high calorie diets and reduction in daily energy expenditure [1, 2]. There is an increase of both the prevalence and severity of obesity. Data from The Spanish Society for the Study of Obesity have shown that the prevalence of morbid obesity in Spain in 2007 was 0.3 % for men and 0.9 % fo
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