Researchers have recently come across a phenomenon that they have name

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Researchers have recently come across a phenomenon that they have named “the obesity paradox”. The body mass index (BMI) is used as a statistical measurement to estimate healthy body weight and a high BMI is linked with multiple cardiovascular diseases. However, research data indicate that overweight people with a high BMI, compared to people with a normal BMI, have the lowest risk of cardiovascular mortality.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the paradoxical findings stated in the passage?

A. Research shows that BMI divides the weight too much in short people, making short people think they are thinner than they actually are.
B. People diagnosed with obesity are two times more likely to be preemptively prescribed cardioprotective medications than people with normal weight.
C. There was little difference between the genetic predisposition to cardiovascular diseases for all the patients studied irrespective of whether they were over or underweight.
D. The data also showed that sleep deprivation, a condition related with cardiac failure, was prevalent in most people studied under the research.
E. The researchers also found that the risk of cardiovascular mortality was the highest in underweight patients.

mbastudent007 · Answer

A. Research shows that BMI divides the weight too much in short people, making short people think they are thinner than they actually are.
No mention of heights in the passage

B. People diagnosed with obesity are two times more likely to be preemptively prescribed cardioprotective medications than people with normal weight.
 Correct answer- medicine is the reason for the paradox

C. There was little difference between the genetic predisposition to cardiovascular diseases for all the patients studied irrespective of whether they were over or underweight.
This is more of an assumption than an explanation for the paradox

D. The data also showed that sleep deprivation, a condition related with cardiac failure, was prevalent in most people studied under the research.
Since it’s prevalent in both sets, shouldn’t affect the study. Irrelevant.
 
E. The researchers also found that the risk of cardiovascular mortality was the highest in underweight patients. 
No mention of underweight patients, normal and high BMI being compared. Irrelevant.

IMO B

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SatvikVedala · Answer

A. Research shows that BMI divides the weight too much in short people, making short people think they are thinner than they actually are.
  - No information on how to calculate BMI is provided in the passage

B. People diagnosed with obesity are  two times more likely to be preemptively prescribed cardioprotective medications  than people with normal weight.
 - Reason behind lowest risk of cardiovascular mortality

C.There was little difference between the  genetic predisposition  to cardiovascular diseases for all the patients studied  irrespective of whether they were over or underweight 
 - No information on genetic predisposition & also this doesn't differentiate Obese vs normal BMI

D.The data also showed that sleep deprivation, a condition related with cardiac failure,  was prevalent in most people  studied under the research
- No differentiation made between Obese vs normal BMI people

E. The researchers also found that the risk of cardiovascular mortality was the highest in  underweight patients. 
- Underweight patients are not the subject

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