Abstract

Body mass index above 30 is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and linked to poor prognosis, especially in patients admitted to intensive therapy departments. However, recent reports have indicated that individuals with mild to moderate obesity have favorable outcomes in the survival in coronary heart disease and either in hemorrhagic or ischaemic stroke. The same association has been also encountered in patients who had ruptured intracranial aneurysms. These patients are although obese, they stay metabolically healthy with apparent protection from the disease. More studies are needed to determine its consistent correlation. Obesity, the body mass index or Quetelet index and its correlation intracranial aneurysms were briefly examined in this article.