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BMI is not independently associated with coronary artery calcification in a large single‐center CT cohort

OBJECTIVE: Obesity is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD mortality. However, previous reports showed a paradoxical protective effect in patients with known CVD referred as “obesity paradox”. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the association of body mass ind...

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Autores principales: Altintas, Sibel, van Workum, Samanta, Kok, Madeleine, Joosen, Ivo A. P. G., Versteylen, Mathijs O., Nelemans, Patricia J., Wildberger, Joachim E., Crijns, Harry J. G. M., Das, Marco, Kietselaer, Bas L. J. H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10073817/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37034565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/osp4.636