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Pericardial adipose tissue and coronary artery calcification in the Multi‐ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Jill E McClain, Fang Chi Hsu, Elizabeth R. Brown, Gregory L. Burke, J. Jeffrey Carr, Tamara B. Harris, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Moysés Szklo, Russell P. Tracy, Jingzhong Ding

Obesity · 2013 · 55 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

PAT was associated with the presence and severity of coronary artery calcification in this cohort, but neither association varied by race/ethnicity.

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