Association of Obesity and Visceral Fat Distribution with Intima-Media Thickness of Carotid Arteries in Middle-Aged and Older Persons - Concepedia

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Association of Obesity and Visceral Fat Distribution with Intima-Media Thickness of Carotid Arteries in Middle-Aged and Older Persons

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2008

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Ryuichi Kawamoto, Nobuyuki Ohtsuka, Daisuke Ninomiya, Syunpei Nakamura

Internal Medicine

Abstract

The present study indicates a graded and independent association between general and visceral obesity and preclinical carotid artery changes in patients aged >or=50 years with a BMI >or=23 kg/m(2).

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