Improving cardiovascular risk stratification: the role of abdominal obesity in predicting MACEs
Abdominal obesity and low HDL-c are potent, independent predictors of cardiovascular events, outperforming traditional markers like BMI. Together with the need of reaching LDL-c serum target levels, these biomarkers are crucial for unmasking the residual risk missed by current stratification models.
Authors
- Elsa Berardi
- Carlo De Matteis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6628-2184)
- Antonio Moschetta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2123-6074)
- Stefano Petruzzelli
- Ersilia Di Buduo
- Giusi Graziano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3347-8049)
- Fabio Novielli
- Marilina Florio
- Lucilla Crudele
- Maria Arconzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2132-3290)
- Gianfranco Antonica (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0693-6751)
- Silviya Cantatore
- Marica Cariello
Institutions
- Istituto Nazionale Biostrutture e Biosistemi (IT)
- Center for Outcomes Research and Clinical Epidemiology (IT)
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cardiovascular Diabetology
- Published
- 2025-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-025-02885-4
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.65
Funders
- European Commission
- Ministero della Salute
- Servier
- Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca