Background Obesity is one of the world’s biggest health problems nowadays. Little research has been done on the skin diseases that affect obese patients.
Objective To study the prevalence of skin manifestations in obese patients compared with a control group of normal-weight patients.
Methods A total of 76 obese patients [body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2] and 73 with normal-weight volunteers (BMI 18.5–24.9 kg/m2) were included in the study and had their complete medical history and skin examination evaluated by the same examiner. All patients were investigated for the presence of metabolic syndrome.
Results The ...
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