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. 2020 Sep 14;19:e20190106. doi: 10.1590/1677-5449.190106

Table 1. Criteria used for diagnosis of metabolically obese phenotypes.

Inflammatory obese phenotypes Obesity status Metabolic syndrome
Metabolically healthy normal weight (MHNW) < 25 (kg/m2) No
Normal weight obese (NWO) < 25 (kg/m2) and body fat ˃ 30% Yes/No
Metabolically healthy obese (MHO) ≥ 25 (kg/m2) No
Metabolically unhealthy obese (MUO) ≥ 25 (kg/m2) Yes