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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Analysis of Variance, Body Mass Index, Case-Control Studies, Chronic Disease, Cross-Sectional Studies, France, Humans, Logistic Models, Lower Extremity, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Vascular Diseases, Veins, Venous Insufficiency.
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Is obesity an aggravating factor in chronic venous disease? Context: Each physician taking part in this cross-sectional study included the first 3 adult male patients consulting for the first time and presenting at least one sign and one symptom of CVD. Patients' socio-demographic and clinical data were collected, and findings for obese (body mass index BMI:>30 kg/m(2)), overweight (25<BMI =or<30 kg/m(2)), and non-obese patients (BMI =or<25 kg/m(2)) compared by univariate and multivariate analyses. A total of 192 physicians included 494 male adult patients (49.3+/-13.7 years). Among these 494 patients, 37 (7.5%) were obese, 196 (39.7%) overweight, and 256 (51.8%) non-obese. While univariate analyses pointed to more severe CVD in obese patients, multivariate analyses failed to disclose any BMI effect on CVD severity (polytomic logistic regression: P=0.1826). The differences observed between obese, overweight, and non-obese patients were age-linked (P<0.0001): obese patients were older (55.3+/-14 years) than the other patients, and CVD was more severe with age (16.9%, 26.7%, 26.6%, and 39.6% of patients aged 18-40, 41-50, 51-60, and>60 years experienced trophic disorders, i.e., CEAP classes C4, C5, and C6).
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This study does not show any relationship between the CEAP C-class and obesity in male patients. Obesity was thus probably not an aggravating factor in CVD but a simple reflection of ageing.