Dear Colleagues, 

Cardiovascular disease (CVD), including coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular diseases, heart failure and peripheral artery disease, is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally in adults. The most important behavioural risk factors of CVD are physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, tobacco and alcohol consuptiom, etc. The effects of behavioural risk factors may show up in individuals as hypertension, hyperglycaemia and hyperlipidaemia, as well as overweight and obesity, increasing the risk of a cardiovascular event.

On the other hand, obesity is a chronic disease that represents a public health problem and is associated with an increased risk for a number of established CVD risk factors. However, individuals with obesity or overweight may have a better prognosis than individuals in the normal weight range, presenting the phenomenon called the obesity paradox.

For this reason, further research is required to explain the possible associations between obesity and cardiovascular risk factors. In addition, new cardiovascular risk factors are emerging, but their possible relationships with obesity have not been established.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to encourage researchers to share their latest research and to summarise the recent advances in clinical and pathological aspects related to cardiovascular risk factors and obesity. We invite authors to submit original articles, review articles or commentaries focusing on pertinent topics and new advances in CVD.

Dr. Sergio Rico-Martín
Prof. Dr. Julián Fernando Calderón-García
Dr. Raúl Juárez-Vela
Guest Editors

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• cardiovascular risk factor
• obesity
• atherosclerosis
• nutrition
• anthropometric indices
• metabolic syndrome
• lifestyle